Texting and Driving

[mlmooney89]

I text and drive but before y'all lynch me I have stipulations. 

No intention of lynching you, but I do have a few questions.
1. Do you believe that people who text while driving (not you in particular but people in general as a group) place themselves and those around them at a significantly increased risk of accidents and death?

2. I understand that you have stipulations and restrictions in place to limit your distractions. Do you believe those stipulations result in 0% distraction while the vehicle is in motion?

3. Do you believe your stipulations are 100% foolproof? IOW do you never deviate from them in least?

4. You are driving and texting and following your self imposed stipulations to the letter and somehow an accident occurs and someone dies. Do you at that point feel the text you were sending was worth it?

1) I never said it was fool proof or safe. I just said I had stipulations. Although I'm wondering if y'all are still thinking I'm sitting there LOOKING at my phone. Literally the only difference between me texting and me driving normally is where my hand is. Again I am used to a standard so I don't use my right hand to drive an automatic- ever. I don't look at my phone unless I am fully stopped. I still watch my mirrors and my lane. I can text without looking thanks to Swype. My hand sits on my lap, it texts by muscle memory just like how I type on a keyboard without looking. Tell me what is the difference between that and letting my hand just sit there? The amount of attention going into it is the same as if I were having a conversation with someone in the car with me.

2) Nope, but then again people eat while driving and that is more distracting than my texting.

3) I feel like this is a duplicate question just rephrased.

4) I'm not worried about killing someone since I always keep my hand on the wheel and my eyes on the road. If an accident happens it won't be my fault for lack of attention simply because I was holding something in my right hand.