Drunk Driving Safer Than Texting While Driving

[innerSpaceman]

I'll admit I've tried to text a response when someone else texts me while I'm driving. Did that exactly twice ... which was one more time than it took for me to realize this was almost as stupid and dangerous as driving with my eyes closed.


Nowadays, if this happens ... and thankfully it rarely, rarely does, I will pull over when convenient if I must text them back. Not to chat, mind you. This has to have something to do with where I'm going and when I'm going to be there ... otherwise I feel no need to respond at all while driving.

But, of course, it's when I'm supposed to be somewhere and am - d'uh - likely in the car getting there, that people tend to TEXT me about when I'm going to arrive.


WTF?

Meanwhile, I love modern cars that translate incoming texts to voice messages ... and hope one soon day the reverse will be possible (though I'm not due to buy my next new car for a good 8 or 9 years. Want a flying car by then!)