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But disproven by my 20-ish years of safely texting while driving. You have to be smart about it but it can be done safely.
by ARandomerDude 5y ago
But disproven by my 20-ish years of safely texting while driving. You have to be smart about it but it can be done safely.
- bittercynic 5y agoYou did it and it turned out OK, but that doesn't mean it was a safe thing to do.
- mendigou 5y agoThe only smart thing is not doing it. I know people who regularly drunk-drove for 10+ years without accidents. Are they being smart about it too? Please don't put other people's life at risk because you feel smarter. Don't text and drive.
- Noumenon72 5y agoIf you could turn off being drunk at any point when you felt you needed more concentration -- foggy night, urge to speed, narrow turns -- it would be far safer to drive when drunk. There are many reasons why the chart of auto fatalities is dominated by those with less than high school degrees[1], but one is that accurate risk assessment and good choices matter. For example, "Should I send a text one word at a time once an hour on a straight road going through Nebraska in broad daylight, or should I text continually with both hands in heavy traffic?" The first is a risk easily worth taking, even with other people's lives. 1. https://schultzmyers.com/low-income-missourians-more-likely-to-die-in-car-crashes/ https://schultzmyers.com/low-income-missourians-more-likely-...
- eyelidlessness 5y agoAnd all the drunk driving studies are proven false by my [unspecified relation family member] who also somehow suffers no consequences. Keep on gambling with other people's lives, it's definitely the important thing you should defend.
- raxxorrax 5y agoSince both behaviors are illegal and carry penalties, it is probably safer to do both at once.
- kaba0 5y agoSo the occasional smoker that lives to 100 means smoking is harmless? That’s not how statistics and science work.