...Android seems to receive a lot of love as well
Sorry, but the problem is that a lot of people are just lazy assholes who don't give a shit about putting out the effort to multitask effectively, even when it involves safety. And a lot of people also simply don't have the ability to multitask well, let's be honest here. You know these people... they're the same ones who shouldn't be allowed to chew gum and walk at the same time.
Talking on a phone while driving is the same concept as eating while driving (talk about distracting), or having an involved conversation with someone in the car with you, or fiddling with your radio/CD/MP3 player while driving, or messing with your coffee cup, or simply doing anything that takes your attention from the road. When you really *think* about it, simply talking while driving should be much less distracting than, say, fooling with your CD player, which requires actually taking your eyes from the road.
Texting while driving however, aka taking the time to type on a tiny computer while also operating a motor vehicle, is just inexcusable. And unless someone is a fool, simply talking on the phone while driving (you don't even have to look to dial the number or press any keys now, it's called voice commands and a headset) should not be put in the same category as texting. Unless you are super-rigid and don't EVER do ANY of the other aforementioned non-phone-related, super-distracting things like fiddle with your radio/CD player/MP3 player while you are yourself operating a motor vehicle.
The fact is that cell phones are still relatively new, while talking to someone in the passenger seat or messing with the radio or being TOTALLY distracted by your kids in the backseat are NOT relatively new things. And people tend to be freaked out by change and like to blame things that are new when they should just be blaming human nature and people who can't multitask worth a damn.
The guy who almost hit you was simply an asshole who wasn't paying attention to what he was doing. And I'd bet money that he doesn't pay much attention when he's driving and NOT talking on the phone.
So please don't blame the freaking phone, for godsake. If he isn't someone who is good at doing 2 things at once, then he shouldn't be driving while doing ANYTHING ELSE. THAT'S ON HIM.
As I mentioned earlier: that also includes eating, drinking coffee, messing with the radio, etc. And I have yet to hear a single person rant about someone doing any of those things. I mean, people in the town I live in can't even effing manage to use their turn signals on a regular basis or drive in a reasonable manner in general. I've almost been hit countless times while walking and driving... by motorists who WERE NOT on their cell phones.
Okay... done... I promise.
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