Please be careful with your comments about a situation you are not familiar with. The article didn't say they weren't wearing seat belts. Re-read the last sentence: it says they did not require medical attention. It specifically says the child was in a safety seat.

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You have zero evidence that texting was involved. Yet you use this article to advance an agenda. Let's look at some real facts. In 2010 we had the lowest number of traffic fatalities in 60 years. In 2010, American drivers traveled 46 billion more miles than they did in 2009, yet we only experienced 1.10 deaths per 100 million miles traveled.

According to the NTSB, there were 3092 fatalities related to "distracted driving." Now this does not mean all of them were texting related, but even if they were, we are talking about the death of .00001 or .001% of the population. That's 1 one hundred thousandths or 1 one thousandth of one percent of the population.

In no way shape or form is texting while driving a significant problem as has been alleged by the media and the government. Numbers do not lie. It's about control, just like every other law and regulation where we lose a little liberty.

The gentleman in er said he witnessed her texting. Enough saidfront of me who was behind h

The gentleman in front of me said he saw her texting just prior to the accident. Enough said. I can say this though, at the scene she never quit texting either

dbeall, I read the same article you did. In real numbers (lives), 6000 people died and one half million injured while driving distracted. 6000 deaths that could have been avoided. I was hit and seriously injured by a young lady texting while driving. She attempted to hide her phone under her seat. State trooper found the phone and she was texting a message the very second of the accident.

I have seen a death by texting. The Young man hit a dump truck head on. I have to agree with the driver of the dump truck. As a CDL driver who took the test. If you take either hand off the steering wheel for anything other than to shift gears you fail the test. I believe a person should have freedom to do anything they want too. As long as they don't endanger the lives of others. 3000 lbs of steal moving 55 mph is not much different than holding the hammer back on a loaded gun. So would you like your friend to hold the hammer back on a gun in the room with you and text at the same time?

Coosatown, even if your numbers are correct, they are not significant to the total number of miles driven each year vs. the number of fatalities and the number of fatalities within the population. If we only drove 600,000 miles a year and had a population of 6 million, then 6000 deaths nationwide would be significant. The fact is that a texting death is a rare occurance. It isn't appropriate to start making new laws and regulation over something that rarely occurs.

More people die on a daily basis from heart disease than die from texting and driving on a YEARLY basis. Should we ban fatty foods?