Re; misused words; I get the strong impression that most public school systems since the 1990s have purposely de-emphasized the need for teaching proper english and basic grammar to the K through 12s. At the very least, there is far LESS TENDENCY TO CORRECT THE STUDENT. I don’t know why, maybe they think poor self esteem can be too easily explained by “racist teachers!”, so everybody tip-toes around the dropped consonants, dropped ‘G’s and all those dangling participles too.
Re; Texting while driving; I’m just waiting for some city ordinance that will mandate only selling cell phones that are made to stop working while inside of a moving vehicle. I think that is the only way to really stop texting while driving. Many adults are already worse than the teens!
I agree regarding educational standards; but I still think there’s some sort of brain-function difference, between typing/posting on Internet, and actually writing on paper - or even typing on paper. Maybe somebody will do a study.
As a near-escapee of numerous traffic accidents, I look forward to the implementation of your ‘invention’ and ordinance. It’s even scarier when you live someplace where a lot of the drivers are illegals, and probably didn’t go through any kind of driver education, or even have insurance..so many people today don’t even know the rules of the road, right-of-way, rules about blocking intersections, etc.
-JT