1. Do we really need legislators spending time
drafting, editing, debating, and finally passing
laws that make it an offense to text when crossing
the street? Or just walking? I mean, come on, the
woman in Reading, Pennsylvania, who was
texting while walking through a mall and fell into a
fountain should be held up as an example of
stupidity, not that texting and walking is
dangerous and needs to be regulated by the
government.
Mass texting
2. I've always believed that if a person and an automobile get into a fight,
the auto is going to win Therefore, I make it a habit to not engage in
combat with large hunks of moving iron With the exception of isolated
incidents, vehicles for the most part stay on streets, roads, and driveways
It is not too difficult to walk around and avoid getting in their path and
being hit
3. When I was young, we all learned to look both ways before crossing the
street If a car was coming, you stayed on the sidewalk until it stopped,
and then you crossed Seemed like a pretty useful rule, and it's served
me well my entire life
4. Not once have I been struck by a moving vehicle But now I read about
lawmakers proposing restrictions on using cell phones and music players
by people walking or running along the street or sidewalk Do we really
need to regulate common sense? Should our legislators be responsible
for things that should be personal responsibility? Or would it be police
officers that become responsible for what we should be responsible for
ourselves, because they would be the ones enforcing such laws when
passed
5. It's bad enough that laws are being passed prohibiting texting while
driving Not that I am for people texting while they are behind the wheel of
that huge hunk of iron that has the capability of killing innocent people
who unfortunately cross the path of those irresponsible idiots who don't
pay attention to driving because of some buzz in their pocket or some
message that just has to be sent immediately Again, it is common sense
and personal responsibility that should keep people from texting and
driving, not the fear of receiving a ticket
6. But then, people should be responsible enough to not get behind the
wheel impaired too, but statistics prove that responsibility is lacking in
many of those who are driving around, and not just Mass texting at 2:00 a
m Of course, it makes more sense to regulate driving, since the driver is
in a position to kill innocent people
7. But I guess some could argue that a pedestrian, blinding walking into
traffic with their head in their text, could also cause accidents that could
injure or kill people besides themselves So should it be regulated? I
really don't know, but I do think it is a sad state of affairs that it even
needs to be discussed
