I suppose that's supposed to be "fail".
Race. Race. Race. Race. Race.
I am sooooo sick of it.
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Seriously doubt if one skin color texts more than any other.
eventually a driver pulled over for texting will get shot.. mark my words.
Just a matter of time.
If blacks break the law, then it must be the law that’s guilty.
Only blacks, hispanics, gays and women should be allowed to text when driving.
I live in Florida and support the ban. I am SO sick of being called a racist. How does it end?
Typical "Progressive" thinking for this fish wrap.
What they should do is TAX texts from moving vehicles. Maybe 25 cents per text. If people don’t like it, they can PULL OVER and text. If they’re a passenger, they can use the CALLING FEATURE of their phone (if they can figure out how it works).
I’m as libertarian as anyone on most issues, and if a person wants to text and drive, no problem, just do it on your farm, not OUR highways - because you are putting me in danger.
“There’s a concern that it could be a pretext to stop certain individuals,”
Yeah, individuals who text while driving. That is the point. They later state blacks are more likely to get pulled over for not wearing seatbelts. First, they don’t stop anybody for not wearing a seatbelt, it is an add-on violation. Second, the article is basically saying blacks are more likely to be violators. I really can’t argue with that.
“black legislators say they’ll fight the idea, claiming that it could invite more abuses by police.”
That may be the case because when you consider what motivates a person to ignore the known hazards of texting and driving, you should expect that people who lack self-control will be prevalent among those who text and drive.
Thurston cited a 2014 study by the American Civil Liberties Union that found that African Americans were nearly twice as likely as whites to be stopped for violating a state law that requires motorists to wear seat belts.
Solution: Wear your seat belt.
As a side note, the group of people I see most often not wearing seat belts is the police.
You don't want to get hassled by the po-po? Don't do stupid things that attract their attention. It works for me.
Back when, if you saw someone having an argument, by themselves, they were schizophrenic. Now, they have a Bluetooth bud in their ear. If someone is having a LOUD, one-sided conversation, in public, it's a better than 85% chance he/she/it is black.
No big deal, if they want to share a personal crisis with the world. I suppose not letting the rest of the people in line at Walmart know that your chipped card didn't work is a part of White Privilege.
However, cops HAVE noticed this, too. The only drivers more compelled to text while behind the wheel are teenage girls... They cannot, in any way, shape or form, ignore a ringing phone, ever. It has to be answered, INSTANTLY, or they will suffer some massive cerebral detonation...
Every single time someone is driving too slow and holding up traffic I see it turns out to be because they are texting when I finally work up to pass. Extremely rude and irritating, makes me want to start filming them but I can’t because I’m a focused driver.
Moron @$$holes where I live seem to think that because they’re sitting at a light they’re not “driving”, and end up sitting through half the green light because they’re looking down at their phones.
I am a good driver, no accidents that are my fault in over 40 years behind the wheel.
That said, I tried texting while driving once, and realized right away that I was not paying proper attention to the road. I have told all of my family and friends - I might read a text while in motion (mostly to stop the dang phone from buzzing) but I’m not going to answer until I am stopped somewhere. It’s just too dangerous.