Do you text and drive?

United States
October 10, 2008 4:13pm CST
OK, so I was with my sister one day (we were in her car and she was driving) and all of a sudden she pulls out her phone, reads a text message, and responds to it. It scared me to death. But, to be fair, I text while I drive. But it doesn't scare me when I do it. Do you text while you are driving? Does it scare you when other ppl are doing it while you are riding with them?
11 responses
@Averiex (83)
• United States
11 Oct 08
I text and drive too, and it scares me when other people do it -- even the safest of drivers. But I also think that in very little time it is going to become part of nature.. like a generation thing. I think we are going to evolve into doing more than just texting while driving. We play with XM radios while driving, or type in GPS-type things while driving.. I guess the cellphone isn't much different.
• United States
5 Nov 08
Thank you :)
• United States
11 Oct 08
I do not have a car yet, But I'm pretty sure I won't be doing any of that. I don't want any accidents, especially because my insurance will go up =o
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@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
11 Oct 08
i don't drive... my hubby does... so there is no problem for me to text in the car as i am only a passenger... but i never let my hubby text while driving... it is either he asked me to help me to text or he will stop on the road side for couple of minutes to text before he continues to drive again... it is so dangerous and irresponsible to be texting while driving... it does not only endanger your life... but other people's life as well... take care and have a nice day...
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@rocker21 (2716)
• India
11 Oct 08
yeah i do that alot and once i was thinking that what if i met with an accident i shouldnt be doing it but i still do :D!
11 Oct 08
i have done tat a few times myslf but it scares me a lot if som1 els dos tat i dnt trust any1 but me at the wheel anyway :D
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• Philippines
11 Oct 08
i dont text while im driving, it very dangerous.. i always driving my car with my family so i dont do any mistakes that can make my family in trouble,,.. life is only once...
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@Rolf46 (162)
• United States
10 Oct 08
No I don't text while driving.. I drive while driving. If I hear the notify I have a text.. I'll wait until I am parked or if I am on a long trip I will look for an earlier exit and check things out then. Driving is serious.. my life and the lives of people around me are at risk. I am apalled that people would look to read a tiny display while trying to control a moving vehicle, and then attempt to key a reply. This is as bad as driving drunk.
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@zeroflashx2 (2491)
• Philippines
11 Oct 08
Yeah, I do send text messages while driving but usually, it must be really that important for me to do it while driving. It happens rarely though but most of the time I'd just ask my sister to check messages and send them for me. You're right. I do get scared a bit as well when I attempt to text while driving and if my family is with me. I try to avoid it as much as I can. Take care and stay safe.
@ShellyB (5241)
• United States
10 Oct 08
Walking lions - I am putting walking lions cause I can
I do not drive but I text and walk, does that count? And the people that I got a ride from are too busy talking to me that they do not take a cell and text at the same time.
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@Kmarie923 (875)
• United States
10 Oct 08
I do text and drive, but I don't get scared or worried when I do it. I don't have to even look at my phone when I text. I can text while looking at the road and then just read it quickly before I hit send. However, my boyfriend takes his eyes off the road for a too long period of time to text and it scares me so much. But luckily I don't have to worry about that anymore because he got this new phone that doesn't even have a keypad so he doesn't text with it while he is driving.
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@cndn420 (2062)
• Canada
10 Oct 08
i do text and drive, i think it has become the normal thing to do these days. its a bad habit but it doesn't scare me nor does it scare me when someone else is doing it while they are driving
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