Most Americans do this. Its a problem for all drivers not just truck drivers. I see this every day from people of all colors, ages, and thier putting everyone in danger. Driving is dangerous. Your trusting others with your life every time you get behind the wheel. People don't learn until thier dead or mangled up half dead in thier car.
As a truck driver thank you for that comment because what this video fails to show are the number of people in regular vehicles that text and drive and swerve all over the road and causing the driver to counter steer to avoid hitting the vehicle which causes the truck driver to either to hit someone beside them or run off the roadway causing a accident and in some cases the person texting in a regular automoblie side swipes the truck also causing a multiple vehicle accident I just love how the news can be so one-sided.
@bloba4443 Where this is a true statement and as a truck driver I agree with you. A person in a regular vehicle that is texting and driving swerving all over the highway if they hit the front tire of a semi and the tire blows out from a car hitting it can cause the truck driver to lose control and flip also causing a major pile up or catastrophe as well and it has happened but the news dont want report when that happens .
@@carlosgarcia4986 Why do I have to do that? I said I don't and I don't. I'm not just going to take God's name in vain Or say that just to appease you. If you believe me Well then believe me. If you don't believe me well then you are entitled to your own opinion and you are entitled to see things as you want to see things.
Sav3dbyGrace well said! Alabama’s fatality rate went up 26% in one year and troopers say they can’t figure it out! C’mon guys, really? It’s time this nation recognize the outright EPIDEMIC that texting and driving really is and own up to it ASAP!
Is it illegal in the US, over here in the UK it is illegal, I hate seeing people on them and called a few people out on it, they put it down and are all sorry and that but you know they'll just pick it up again. People suck, we all suck, these media people probably talking shit about these people then will go driving home and do the same. It's not there safety I care about, it's the innocent lives they affect when they crash
Sav3dbyGrace: AGREED!! Make the fine $1000 first offence and mandatory jail time 180 days. Make the fine even higher for the 2nd offence AND mandatory 1 year in jail & 90 days loss of licence and so forth for subsequent offences. Only way you can get people's attention is hit 'em right in the money!! The penalties are not strict enough. That's the problem.....
TEXTING & DRIVING IS INSANELY DANGEROUS !!!!! AND YET I DRIVE DOWN BUSY ROADS EVERYDAY & I STILL SEE PEOPLE TEXTING( LOOKING INTO THE STEERING WHEEL) WHEN THEY SHOULD BE WATCHING THE ROAD !!!!!
As a truck driver , I , for one , am very proud of myself , I didn't wait until AFTER s'thing tragic to happen , to stop myself from texting while driving.. its just not worth the risk !!! No , it's not just truckers doing it , but , it's alot more devastating !!
I don't agree with that. Wouldn't you want to be able to answer a call from a friend or loved one who may be in trouble? You could always pull over to continue the call. No one's going to keep me from accepting what could be a life or death phone call. Not only that, but I know I have had times when I'm meeting someone and I've found the parking lot, but not exactly where that person is parked or where they may be standing. In fact, the more I read your response, the stupider it sounds. People should still be able to call someone else to say, "Hey, my meeting ran late at work. I'll just meet you guys at the place." -OR- "We have reservations for our anniversary. We're on our way there but stuck in traffic. Can you please hold our table?" -OR- "Please ask the Murphys if you can ride back with them because I've hit a detour. It's slow-moving and really out of the way. I don't want you waiting alone in the dark." -OR- "Oh my gosh, honey. I got all the way here and realized I left our tickets on the dresser. The show starts in 20 minutes. Can you please bring them to us?" I could go on and on. Scenarios like this and ones with even more dire consequences happen without notice. I need to be able to communicate in cases like these and so do others. People just need to be more conscientious and more responsible. It's as simple as that.
I've been a daily motorcycle rider in Los Angeles for nearly forty years. Up until 2007 I hadn't been in a crash that so much as broke skin, but since then I have been hospitalized four times with life-threatening injuries, multiple broken bones, and internal organ damage after being struck by phone-distracted motorists making unsafe left turns in front of me.
Thats why in Texas the law was passed that the driver of any kind of vehicle can wait with talking and texting until they either get home or pull into a parking lot
I've seen non-emergency ambulance drivers and county transit drivers texting and driving. Oh and another thing, hardly anyone uses there turn signals anymore!
Texting no matter what your driving puts anyone in danger. Texting needs to be eliminated. But as we all know the all mighty dollar is the number one factor here, not life. It would be an easy thing to stop, but the phone companys will fight it tooth and nail. talking on the phone also can be a major distraction.
ken albright You're absolutely correct. ALL drivers need to suffer severe consequences if caught texting or using the phone while driving, not just truckers.
My hubby is a trucker and we both want this to stop. He has pulled along side of another truck before and the guy was watching a video on his laptop! These idiots give all truckers a bad name and all truckers pay for the stupidity of these stupid drivers.
I saw a truck driver texting and driving yesterday! He was holding the phone and the steering wheel with one hand and pecking out a text message with the other. He kept drifting onto the shoulder.
I've been saying something like this for years. In your travel time, seeing a cop usually is minimal. Most people easily get away with using their phones. I think phone providers should take advantage of that GPS tech, and hit their customers with fines, on their phone bill for phone usage while moving in a vehicle. Obviously somehow a patch would be needed to exclude the passengers, but it's literally fool proof.
Yeah, so if someone is going to follow you to kill or rob you let's disable the phone so they can't get help. I guess thats why it call a smart phone ...stupid idea.
@@southpineshooligan you must work for that industry or own stock in it. Never seen anyone so eager to have big brother come in and save them. The only thing that needs to be done is for people to stop doing it.
no one should text and drive but 4 wheelers do it more than anyone! you could have 7 people in a mini van and everyone is on a phone! I see it everyday
Alberto Valdes fuckin right it’s the biggest problem we face on the roads they constantly do it for us it’s a 2700$ fine and for non cdl it’s just 100$ yet they do it more than we do
Yes I did. What is wrong with someone sitting at home and sending a text? You obviously are are no real chief by making such a comment. Any intelligent person would have never made such a comment
Kimmy Kakes You obviously can't comprehend. The video is about "texting while driving." Did I say anything about at home? What do you consider a "real Chief?" I am a retired Chief Warrant Officer. So, I am a real "Chief."
Kimmy Kakes I agree that texting on a cell phone is one of the worst inventions they could come up with! Texting on a cell phone should be banned at home, in public places, and on the road. Why? Because people like yourself cannot demonstrate that they have the maturity to use these inventions properly. People who text in front of others have no manners, and they are an obstruction. I'm not sorry for it, Kimmy Kakes. Learn to do without the smart phone, and you'll go far. I hate cell phones and smart phones. People abuse it too much, they get in other people's personal space, and they even text at Church! Its just all wrong. Go ahead and use your cell phone, but please don't use it in front of others. We have rights to our personal space too.
When i was doing traffic control, i use to see people in cars with their phones in their hands but holding them down low hoping they wouldn't get caught!
@SatanHazzJaundice that's why laws were passed to make it illegal, but you know the ones who believe they can text and , look at their phones in their laps and watch the road all at the same time. ENDS in de
I just got back from the west coast and was wondering why all of these semis were all over the road. When I went by them, they were texting. Younger drivers, more drivers addicted to their phone. Only going to get worse as older drivers retire and young ones enter the field.
Truck drivers are the least of our worries. I was driving down in Florida, and almost every car for over 100 miles had their phone in their hand texting and driving smh.
Average weight of an automobile is 2,800 lb, weight of a loaded tractor-trailer is 80,000 lbs. The truck is nearly 30 times heavier and you think they are the LEAST of our problem? Least? You are so removed from reality it’s stunning. Are you texting while trying to rationalize your response?
I am a commercial driver. I can't tell you how many times I've seen the police driving and texting or talking on their phones. Is a police car not a commercial vehicle? Seems to me it would be just as would be a bus or a taxi.
Ellie Avenelle If they are responding to a call how do you expect them to get info? If it's police related they can look at their phones or laptops while driving. Love how you instantly turn this onto police...
***** It doesn't matter if an officer is responding to a call or gabbing to their spouse. Cell phone use while driving a vehicle is a distraction and can result in injury or death. Police have hands-free devices to communicate with when their vehicle is moving. If a moving patrol car killed your child, would you accept ANY excuse as to why they were texting and driving?
I'm a truck driver and I have never texted or talked on my phone I don't want to be responsible for taking a human life mine or somebody elses its just not worth it pull over or park if you really need to use the phone
As a professional driver I’ll tell you first hand, I see a good bit of commercial drivers of all sorts on their phones. Truck drivers should be the examples of the highway because we are the professionals, and there should be more realistic and strenuous training through these driving institutions to teach these people behind the wheel of a tractor trailer how to be a professional driver and operator and not just a steering wheel holder. Saying all that I see more negligence and just plain disregard from people in cars and pickups of all sizes talking and texting on their phones, cutting trucks off, pulling out in front of them, and the worst of all just dying to pass only to get up the road a short distance and turn off (most of time it’s left) witch cause these very same incidents if not worse. Most people behind the wheel of a four wheeler have absolutely no respect for the highway much less a tractor trailer or a commercial truck of any size. When your driving whether it be a bicycle or a 80,000lbs 70’ long average size tractor trailer (some are MUCH heavier and longer BTW) your complete and undivided attention needs to be on the road at all times, if it is driving around these massive trucks would be so much more peaceful for everyone. People need to wake up and stop blaming everything on the trucks and realize all you need is a little patients and a lot of respect for not only the truck driver but for theirselves and all the people around them.
sorry, but this isn't a "trucker" problem. every other person I see in a four wheeler has their phone in their hands. also, most of the "truckers" caught on this video are not even real truck drivers, they are in baby buggies (box trucks). nice piece of propaganda though, as usual trying to make it look like trucks are the main problem on the highways. typical media BS.
It's not a trucker problem. It's a problem for everyone because people are so attached to their phones. I knew a police officer who was killed on the highway because a trucker was busy watching a video on his phone. If you are on your phone then you are not driving. It's dangerous and stupid and I wish people would just drive instead of risking other people's lives for their selfish needs while driving. You can live without a phone for a while. If you can't, then pull over and use it. You can't live with yourself knowing you took a life because of your phone. No matter how much you want to, you can't take back what you did. A persons life is not worth a text or a picture or a video or checking social media.
JoePJack1 if you have a CDL and you drive a box truck and work for a company full of big rigs and box trucks, that disqualifies you from being a "trucker" simply because of the size of your truck or having a B license rather than an A? That makes absolutely zero sense. I wasn't saying every person that jumps in a U-haul or a rental van is a trucker. Those trucks don't have air brakes, and even if they do, their GVWR is under 26,001, so a CDL is not needed for driving.
My hubby is a truck driver n I ride with him. It's not just truck drivers that do it. I've seen lots of people driving cars talking n texting. Police officers are guilty of it too. This just makes truckers out to be the only ones that do it.
Most shown here are not Big Trucks. They are little 6-wheelers. Most of us Big Truck drivers don't mess with the phones in thick traffic and usually we're on the CB rather than phone. Most of us used headsets also. I don't drive truck anymore but I still use my Blue Parrot bluetooth headset. If ever you see someone wearing a bluetooth headset, it's about 99.9999% positive it's a Big Truck driver. This story is out of New York and reminds me of something I used to do. I would be driving the New York State Thruway and stop at the service areas to buy a big waffle ice cream cone. I could get in the truck, belt up, start up, disengage the brakes, and get on down the road safely. This was in stick-shift trucks too. I know that sounds scary but I assure you, if anything were to go down, that cone would be on the floor. Ironically, I would never attempt this in my personal car which is an automatic. To someone that really pays attention, being in a Big Truck with all of those mirrors feels much safer than being in a car.
I am a commercial trucker, this happens with EVERY DRIVER! Not just truckers, when i see it, i pull my air horn and signal to my phone on the dash, while mouthing "put your phone down". I have even done it to a California Highway Patrol that almost swerved into me, we actually ended up pulling over and he wasnt too happy i called him out at first. By the end of our conversation we were laughing together and before he left he thanked me for pointing out his mistake.
Cell phone use in vehicles is my biggest pet peeve, wife and I travel in a 41 ft diesel RV and am at eye level with truckers, the worst so far was a female trucker in Florida last fall on I-95, I thought she was drunk before I was able to get around her and saw she was looking at her phone, have had people drift into my lane while on phones (I'm the size of a freaking greyhound bus).
Lmao what a joke!! 95% of people PERIOD are texting and driving! Why just single out one group of people? Nobody says anything when a car cuts off a 18 wheeler and slams on breaks! The motoring public needs to be educated on how to function around 18 wheelers! Not just disrespect them and think it's an instant paycheck!
A fully loaded transport trailor causes slightly more damage than your average honda civic. Also, the problem IS WORSE with truck drivers because they use there phones all day long for logistical reasons pertaining to there job. I can't beleive I need to even explain this to you. Any other questions, comments, concerns?
dave barnett Yeah you must be that HONDA driver with your tablet in one hand and your phone in the other going down the interstate at 70 mph!! Lol Just because it won't cause as much damage still doesn't justify it being right sir! Smhl
I am a truck driver but I always use hands free, (Bluetooth) they are only about $100.00 so why not get one?? also if the police see you texting it is a $2500.00 ticket, but cars are way less than that maybe $100.00 ticket. I see about 5% of truck drivers doing this but about 90% of cars. Distracted Driving Kills PLEASE STOP!!
every vehicle on the planet should be built with a device that blocks the signal coming or going from any phone once a person gets in and starts to drive said vehicle, PERIOD all the money wasted on trying to tell people to stop texting and driving the money should be spent on signal blocking technology.
TRINITYADAMS69 You hit the nail on the head.. It's obviously a serious problem where people can't control themselves..Big brother needs to inforce signal control ..The average person with a phone ,, can't control themselves
I just love how people make truckers seem like the problem they didn't show tht STUPID 4 wheeler doing the same thing they are just as careless....I am a trucker and I have been hit by sum1 texting in the phone....
Cedric Norwood Agreed . Truck driving 15yrs . Seen alot of texting an driving ..even the cops ... so they can't say truckers ... it's everyone. Here in Canada fines are $280 - $400 an 5 points off the licence.
Trucker here as well... we have a good line of sight into everyone's vehicle. Seems like 90% of people are on their phones. It's unbelievable honestly how many people
I show all kinds of news videos showing how texting and driving and other distractions are not a smart idea while operating a motor vehicle, in my Driver Education Class. And yet, students see their parents doing it and they too will try it.
My name is Laurie Ann Garcia known as cassiegirl from Texas..I made world news and years later I look back at this moment and never realized how beautiful life is..I was a passenger that took trips with my bestie but never went down into Mexico.. Many times I saw him texting and driving but I never once told him not too..Things changed ,my Columbian son is dead and my Russian son misses me..Your sister is with me on the other side..I love you Christopher
Why is the government taking its 🤬 time to solve this problem! Innocent people are dying every day because of texting and driving. I see it every day it’s insane!! Everybody does it not just truck drivers!
And what about the cops on their laptop computers while driving? Oh, you didn't want to mention that? What about EMT's texting while driving? What about Media reporters texting while driving? Look in your own backyard.
THIS article was about truckers, of which there are many more on the road at any particular time than any other group that you mentioned. Also those trucks are huge and a bigger danger to the general public.
Its sad that all other drivers who dont do this are getting the heavy brunt of this. Then when anything happens on the interstate or highways, what happens ? they blame the drivers and 4 wheelers are always innocent in everything on the roads.
@@jancarter9770 If Google Assistant (Android phones) is set up correctly all you have to do is talk at the phone or vehicle's comm system. Or ear piece communicators are cheap. Best practice is to pull over safely or ignore a call/text. And use a dashcam.
It's laughable they discuss trucking, yet there are 100,000x more cars. Sounds like they need to focus on the bigger agenda. I've seen very few truckers ever on theirs, yet almost every car that I pass, they are on the phone. Hmmm
I see this everyday on rt 80 in new jersey ! I now have cameras on my service truck for this reason. The worst drivers are the dump truck " 10 wheelers " speeding, changing lanes and tail gating aggressively. every week there is one involved in a serious accident.
~ a year ago a dirt bucket blew his air horn to get me to speed up while he was behind me going up hill. (2 lane road) I did a brake check on him. (How dumb was I?) He had to totally start out. About 4 miles ahead I pulled over and tried to flag him in. (Again, how dumb?)
It's not JUST truckers. I am a trucker and on a daily basis I've got cars and pickups coming at me on 2 lane roads going over the center stripe looking at they're phones. Many a close call.
I really really miss the days before cell phones were around. We used to talk about how one day people will be carrying phones around and it seemed foreign back then. How quickly it became true. Being out in public in ALL ways was nicer before phones were invented.
ANYONE using their phone while driving should be banned from driving for life! No excuses. It’s despicable, stupid and ignorant behaviour that takes and ruins lives!
I used to be a truck driver for USXPRESS. The tractor had a type of computer module called a "Qualcomm". This thing could monitor engine performance or where I was traveling VIA GPS/telemetry technology. It also had the capability for me to communicate with my dispatcher. I DESPISED that thing. My dispatcher was always contacting me through that monitor. I would have to use the keyboard to communicate to him, WHILE I WAS DRVING! I could not pull over to stop because it would mess up my log book where I would have to write in it, On Duty Not Driving which burnt up my legal driving time which was typically 10 hours. I thought it was very dangerous! I quit driving, went back to school and became a journeyman electrician making way more money than being a truck driver!
7 years later. As a trucker who doesn't use her phone while driving her rig, observes several passenger vehicle drivers distracted using handheld devices daily.
everyone texting and driving it's danger on the road , but i drove a truck for ten years ,never had an accident,but on my experience ,texting and driving a truck it's more dangerous,than driving a car.and every day i saw hunrdeds of people doin'it .i use to pull over to call my dispatch on a safe place.
It's 2022 September 3rd, texting while driving is the WORST it's been m ever been. These heartless people care more about their selfs. Until it's to late and something horrible outcomes of it.
I'm a truck driver in the UK and to be on the phone while driving any vehicle is outrageous and plain stupid. To even hold a phone is illegal and will get any driver 6 points and a £300 fine ....
Should be mandatory loss of license for a MINIMUM of 5 years and a year in prison!!! And that 5 year revocation starts from when he’s released from prison!!!
Well guess what I am a truck driver and every car that goes by me is on their phone. Let's add up the car accidents against the truck accidents and we'll see what we get then
Hand free phone is best option for carrying a conversation and driving. I seen people who once they get on phone they lose their perspective of their surroundings almost like they are the only ones on the road. I driver large trucks. I see city, county and state officers talking with a phone to their ear from my view looking down. Hands free is the best way to talk and drive.
Georgia had a law that prohibits texting while driving since 7/1/2010 but the law didn't have alot of effect. Georgia passed the hands-free law on 3/29/2018. Ex governor, Nathan Deal signed the bill on 5/2/2018 and the law went into effect on July 1, 2018. The law states that you cannot hold your phone up to your ear to talk, have the phone in your lap, or hold it against your ear with your shoulder. Drivers can make or receive calls by using speakerphone, bluetooth system in vehicle, smartwatch, or earpiece. They can also use earbuds but only can use 1 because they need to hear surrounding traffic and emergency vehicle sirens.
I'm currently leaving a delivery job where the manager tells us to look at our phone and read routes while driving to catch up coming deliveries....I never did it but the young guys always do it because they are scared to miss something...so I'm out
In Scotland, its a criminal offence to use a handheld phone whilst driving and to text. Its not however to use a bluetooth to phone but, it is to text.
As a truck driver, I’d say more than 90% of the motoring public have their hands on the phones at any given time. Whether it’s talking, texting, or watching something. While trucks are more “high profile” you really need to address the entire population. Technology needs to vamp up and disable all cell phones in a vehicle once that vehicle is in motion. Once stopped, proper use may be used once again until the vehicle goes in motion.
Many drivers are texting. I am sitting in a line of traffic and see their heads bobbing up and down, up to see what is happening, and back down to their phones. It is so unnerving, I do not wish to be anywhere near texting drivers, yet find myself sandwiched between them, it goes on everywhere. Hopefully, there will be better CCTV aimed at roads and pick up all these idiots. There should be major fines for those caught texting or using their phone, and huge prison sentences for those who cause accidents!
I see it all day long when people drive by me. best part of being a truck driver I can see everything going on in the car when they pass me always texting or some bullshit
Texting while driving needs to be a mandatory license suspension.
Agree totally. For all drivers.
That would be approximately 80% of drivers with a suspended license
@@frankfrega1302 Fine by me
Loll. 90 of you would not have licenses
@@frankfrega1302 Perfect
To all people who text and drive and dont care: You are a very selfish person.
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Not to mention very stupid.
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Reckless stupidity; bloody pull over.
I agree and honestly how fucking stupid are people. The answer is , Very.
Most Americans do this. Its a problem for all drivers not just truck drivers. I see this every day from people of all colors, ages, and thier putting everyone in danger. Driving is dangerous. Your trusting others with your life every time you get behind the wheel. People don't learn until thier dead or mangled up half dead in thier car.
Thank you NollaGirl504 for you prospective. This is not just a trucking problem...
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@@freightliner616 Yes it is. It's addictive.
Kind of weird to isolate truck drivers for texting and driving. It's a problem across the span of all drivers out there.
The span of many drivers yes
I think the main problem is that trucks can cause a lot more destruction, which makes distracted driving in them a more serious issue
As a truck driver thank you for that comment because what this video fails to show are the number of people in regular vehicles that text and drive and swerve all over the road and causing the driver to counter steer to avoid hitting the vehicle which causes the truck driver to either to hit someone beside them or run off the roadway causing a accident and in some cases the person texting in a regular automoblie side swipes the truck also causing a multiple vehicle accident I just love how the news can be so one-sided.
@bloba4443 Where this is a true statement and as a truck driver I agree with you. A person in a regular vehicle that is texting and driving swerving all over the highway if they hit the front tire of a semi and the tire blows out from a car hitting it can cause the truck driver to lose control and flip also causing a major pile up or catastrophe as well and it has happened but the news dont want report when that happens .
The really sad thing is that even thought they are the ones being careless, it's the innocent people that get seriously hurt or lose their lives.
I bet you still text and drive to this day. I bet you made a phone call or text today in the car
@@carlosgarcia4986 I do text. I also drive. Do I text and drive at the same time? No.
@@Ming3484 put that on god
@@carlosgarcia4986 Why do I have to do that? I said I don't and I don't. I'm not just going to take God's name in vain Or say that just to appease you. If you believe me Well then believe me. If you don't believe me well then you are entitled to your own opinion and you are entitled to see things as you want to see things.
@Troy no donkeys don't wear hats ... and if they did I don't think that 👒 would sound a certain way 🤔
For truckers? How about for everyone. Texting and driving is insanely dangerous for all drivers.
Sav3dbyGrace is it not the ego of mankind that leads us to believe we can beat the odds and not kill somebody much less ourself?
Sav3dbyGrace well said! Alabama’s fatality rate went up 26% in one year and troopers say they can’t figure it out! C’mon guys, really? It’s time this nation recognize the outright EPIDEMIC that texting and driving really is and own up to it ASAP!
Is it illegal in the US, over here in the UK it is illegal, I hate seeing people on them and called a few people out on it, they put it down and are all sorry and that but you know they'll just pick it up again.
People suck, we all suck, these media people probably talking shit about these people then will go driving home and do the same. It's not there safety I care about, it's the innocent lives they affect when they crash
Sav3dbyGrace: AGREED!! Make the fine $1000 first offence and mandatory jail time 180 days. Make the fine even higher for the 2nd offence AND mandatory 1 year in jail & 90 days loss of licence and so forth for subsequent offences. Only way you can get people's attention is hit 'em right in the money!! The penalties are not strict enough. That's the problem.....
TEXTING & DRIVING IS INSANELY DANGEROUS !!!!! AND YET I DRIVE DOWN BUSY ROADS EVERYDAY & I STILL SEE PEOPLE TEXTING( LOOKING INTO THE STEERING WHEEL) WHEN THEY SHOULD BE WATCHING THE ROAD !!!!!
As a truck driver , I , for one , am very proud of myself ,
I didn't wait until AFTER s'thing tragic to happen , to stop myself from texting while driving..
its just not worth the risk !!!
No , it's not just truckers doing it , but , it's alot more devastating !!
They should come out with a cell phone blocker in all vehicles so your cell that work unless you dial 911
Can't, Passengers need access sometimes.
I don't agree with that. Wouldn't you want to be able to answer a call from a friend or loved one who may be in trouble? You could always pull over to continue the call. No one's going to keep me from accepting what could be a life or death phone call. Not only that, but I know I have had times when I'm meeting someone and I've found the parking lot, but not exactly where that person is parked or where they may be standing.
In fact, the more I read your response, the stupider it sounds. People should still be able to call someone else to say, "Hey, my meeting ran late at work. I'll just meet you guys at the place." -OR- "We have reservations for our anniversary. We're on our way there but stuck in traffic. Can you please hold our table?" -OR- "Please ask the Murphys if you can ride back with them because I've hit a detour. It's slow-moving and really out of the way. I don't want you waiting alone in the dark." -OR- "Oh my gosh, honey. I got all the way here and realized I left our tickets on the dresser. The show starts in 20 minutes. Can you please bring them to us?" I could go on and on. Scenarios like this and ones with even more dire consequences happen without notice. I need to be able to communicate in cases like these and so do others. People just need to be more conscientious and more responsible. It's as simple as that.
@@4everfreethinker Please refrain from calling his idea stupid. Impractical may have been a better word choice. Thank you kindly.
I've been a daily motorcycle rider in Los Angeles for nearly forty years. Up until 2007 I hadn't been in a crash that so much as broke skin, but since then I have been hospitalized four times with life-threatening injuries, multiple broken bones, and internal organ damage after being struck by phone-distracted motorists making unsafe left turns in front of me.
Thats why in Texas the law was passed that the driver of any kind of vehicle can wait with talking and texting until they either get home or pull into a parking lot
I've seen non-emergency ambulance drivers and county transit drivers texting and driving.
Oh and another thing, hardly anyone uses there turn signals anymore!
Texting no matter what your driving puts anyone in danger. Texting needs to be eliminated. But as we all know the all mighty dollar is the number one factor here, not life. It would be an easy thing to stop, but the phone companys will fight it tooth and nail. talking on the phone also can be a major distraction.
ken albright You're absolutely correct. ALL drivers need to suffer severe consequences if caught texting or using the phone while driving, not just truckers.
@Hello ken albright , How are you doing?
My hubby is a trucker and we both want this to stop. He has pulled along side of another truck before and the guy was watching a video on his laptop! These idiots give all truckers a bad name and all truckers pay for the stupidity of these stupid drivers.
Smart phone companies should come up with a system that once you start driving it disables the phone .
I saw a truck driver texting and driving yesterday! He was holding the phone and the steering wheel with one hand and pecking out a text message with the other. He kept drifting onto the shoulder.
I've been saying something like this for years.
In your travel time, seeing a cop usually is minimal. Most people easily get away with using their phones.
I think phone providers should take advantage of that GPS tech, and hit their customers with fines, on their phone bill for phone usage while moving in a vehicle.
Obviously somehow a patch would be needed to exclude the passengers, but it's literally fool proof.
They cant do that because what if you need to call 911 or if you using bluetooth
Yeah, so if someone is going to follow you to kill or rob you let's disable the phone so they can't get help. I guess thats why it call a smart phone ...stupid idea.
@@southpineshooligan you must work for that industry or own stock in it. Never seen anyone so eager to have big brother come in and save them. The only thing that needs to be done is for people to stop doing it.
i drive a truck and all i see is everyone around me but me using their phone , includes cops and all
no one should text and drive but 4 wheelers do it more than anyone! you could have 7 people in a mini van and everyone is on a phone! I see it everyday
Alberto Valdes so what if the passengers are on their phones, why are you looking into everyone's vehicles, creepy af,tbh
@@lisaadler507 wow you are a stupid dumb bitch
Period
Alberto Valdes fuckin right it’s the biggest problem we face on the roads they constantly do it for us it’s a 2700$ fine and for non cdl it’s just 100$ yet they do it more than we do
I agree with you 100% Alberto. Not only are they texting but they are high most of the time on top of that!
I'm glad I don't have to commute on the highway anymore. In the last 10 years the roads have become stupid dangerous.
Amen. I retired overseas and do not even own a car. America's roadway and highways have turned into regular slaughterhouses.
@@frankfarago2825 Also doesn't help that many of the younger people on the road don't even have a licence in my area...
It can happen on the street you live on lets be real.
It's selfishness period
We stupid driver are on the small roads too, DAVE!!! Thinking you can hide from us🤣🤣
Texting on a cell phone is one of the worst inventions they could come up with.
Chiefly Chieftain why?
Kimmy Kakes Did you even watch the video?
Yes I did. What is wrong with someone sitting at home and sending a text? You obviously are are no real chief by making such a comment. Any intelligent person would have never made such a comment
Kimmy Kakes You obviously can't comprehend. The video is about "texting while driving." Did I say anything about at home? What do you consider a "real Chief?" I am a retired Chief Warrant Officer. So, I am a real "Chief."
Kimmy Kakes I agree that texting on a cell phone is one of the worst inventions they could come up with! Texting on a cell phone should be banned at home, in public places, and on the road. Why? Because people like yourself cannot demonstrate that they have the maturity to use these inventions properly. People who text in front of others have no manners, and they are an obstruction. I'm not sorry for it, Kimmy Kakes. Learn to do without the smart phone, and you'll go far. I hate cell phones and smart phones. People abuse it too much, they get in other people's personal space, and they even text at Church! Its just all wrong. Go ahead and use your cell phone, but please don't use it in front of others. We have rights to our personal space too.
When i was doing traffic control, i use to see people in cars with their phones in their hands but holding them down low hoping they wouldn't get caught!
@SatanHazzJaundice that's why laws were passed to make it illegal, but you know the ones who believe they can text and , look at their phones in their laps and watch the road all at the same time. ENDS in de
I just got back from the west coast and was wondering why all of these semis were all over the road. When I went by them, they were texting. Younger drivers, more drivers addicted to their phone. Only going to get worse as older drivers retire and young ones enter the field.
Truck drivers are the least of our worries. I was driving down in Florida, and almost every car for over 100 miles had their phone in their hand texting and driving smh.
Average weight of an automobile is 2,800 lb, weight of a loaded tractor-trailer is 80,000 lbs. The truck is nearly 30 times heavier and you think they are the LEAST of our problem? Least? You are so removed from reality it’s stunning. Are you texting while trying to rationalize your response?
I am a commercial driver. I can't tell you how many times I've seen the police driving and texting or talking on their phones. Is a police car not a commercial vehicle? Seems to me it would be just as would be a bus or a taxi.
Ellie Avenelle It doesn't matter if you point fingers. Just make sure you are not doing it.
Ellie Avenelle If they are responding to a call how do you expect them to get info? If it's police related they can look at their phones or laptops while driving. Love how you instantly turn this onto police...
***** It doesn't matter if an officer is responding to a call or gabbing to their spouse. Cell phone use while driving a vehicle is a distraction and can result in injury or death. Police have hands-free devices to communicate with when their vehicle is moving. If a moving patrol car killed your child, would you accept ANY excuse as to why they were texting and driving?
***** I don't text while driving. I pull over, or wait til I'm at my destination to text. If I have a passenger, I have them text for me.
Ellie Avenelle Ah man REDD FOXX is alive again!! "AH OH THIS THE BIG 1, I'M DYING. ELIZABETH I'M COMING TO GEORGIA" LOL.
I'm a truck driver and I have never texted or talked on my phone I don't want to be responsible for taking a human life mine or somebody elses its just not worth it pull over or park if you really need to use the phone
Thank you, but you are unfortunately in the minority
My phone stays out of reach while im driving my big rig and my personal vehicle. Its not wort risking peoples lives.
Most truck drivers don't text and drive, I've seen a lot of truck drivers in the high ways don't text while driving.
u full of 💩
sodbuster925
you've talked on your phone and you know you have.
As a professional driver I’ll tell you first hand, I see a good bit of commercial drivers of all sorts on their phones. Truck drivers should be the examples of the highway because we are the professionals, and there should be more realistic and strenuous training through these driving institutions to teach these people behind the wheel of a tractor trailer how to be a professional driver and operator and not just a steering wheel holder. Saying all that I see more negligence and just plain disregard from people in cars and pickups of all sizes talking and texting on their phones, cutting trucks off, pulling out in front of them, and the worst of all just dying to pass only to get up the road a short distance and turn off (most of time it’s left) witch cause these very same incidents if not worse. Most people behind the wheel of a four wheeler have absolutely no respect for the highway much less a tractor trailer or a commercial truck of any size. When your driving whether it be a bicycle or a 80,000lbs 70’ long average size tractor trailer (some are MUCH heavier and longer BTW) your complete and undivided attention needs to be on the road at all times, if it is driving around these massive trucks would be so much more peaceful for everyone. People need to wake up and stop blaming everything on the trucks and realize all you need is a little patients and a lot of respect for not only the truck driver but for theirselves and all the people around them.
I think texting and driving should have the same penalty as a DUI! There’s been so many people hurt and killed by people texting and driving
Absolutely !
not only is texting and driving deadly it also causes traffic to be worse. i see ppl texting and not moving when the light turns green..
Texting seems to be more dangerous than alcohol
sorry, but this isn't a "trucker" problem. every other person I see in a four wheeler has their phone in their hands.
also, most of the "truckers" caught on this video are not even real truck drivers, they are in baby buggies (box trucks).
nice piece of propaganda though, as usual trying to make it look like trucks are the main problem on the highways. typical media BS.
It's not a trucker problem. It's a problem for everyone because people are so attached to their phones. I knew a police officer who was killed on the highway because a trucker was busy watching a video on his phone. If you are on your phone then you are not driving. It's dangerous and stupid and I wish people would just drive instead of risking other people's lives for their selfish needs while driving. You can live without a phone for a while. If you can't, then pull over and use it. You can't live with yourself knowing you took a life because of your phone. No matter how much you want to, you can't take back what you did. A persons life is not worth a text or a picture or a video or checking social media.
Pokey Trucker the size of the truck doesn't make you less of a "trucker".
Papa Disco
Well yeah, that goes without saying. That being said, a guy in a box truck is not a trucker.
+Papa Disco actually it does or there wouldn't be "A" and "B" and as far as the box truck 90% don't even require a CDL only medical certification
JoePJack1 if you have a CDL and you drive a box truck and work for a company full of big rigs and box trucks, that disqualifies you from being a "trucker" simply because of the size of your truck or having a B license rather than an A? That makes absolutely zero sense. I wasn't saying every person that jumps in a U-haul or a rental van is a trucker. Those trucks don't have air brakes, and even if they do, their GVWR is under 26,001, so a CDL is not needed for driving.
What worries me even more is young people , teens who are still learning how to drive constantlytexting while driving !!!
I see cops texting while driving all the time as well
My hubby is a truck driver n I ride with him. It's not just truck drivers that do it. I've seen lots of people driving cars talking n texting. Police officers are guilty of it too. This just makes truckers out to be the only ones that do it.
@Noble William 😂🤣‼️
so what you saying if he jump off cliff and then you jump off cliff too?
@@chhailykung6198 That's not what she is saying at all. The report is a slam on truck drivers when it should be a slam on EVERYONE.
They focus on us truckers because we are tue easiest target and biggest payday
Maybe YOU should be more concerned with learning to construct a sentence that is at least half legible than being so defensive over your "hubby".
I am still seeing texting and driving every day and it's mostly from car drivers!
Most shown here are not Big Trucks. They are little 6-wheelers. Most of us Big Truck drivers don't mess with the phones in thick traffic and usually we're on the CB rather than phone. Most of us used headsets also. I don't drive truck anymore but I still use my Blue Parrot bluetooth headset. If ever you see someone wearing a bluetooth headset, it's about 99.9999% positive it's a Big Truck driver.
This story is out of New York and reminds me of something I used to do. I would be driving the New York State Thruway and stop at the service areas to buy a big waffle ice cream cone. I could get in the truck, belt up, start up, disengage the brakes, and get on down the road safely. This was in stick-shift trucks too. I know that sounds scary but I assure you, if anything were to go down, that cone would be on the floor. Ironically, I would never attempt this in my personal car which is an automatic.
To someone that really pays attention, being in a Big Truck with all of those mirrors feels much safer than being in a car.
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Robert Wicker: 100% correct!!
this is what a Hit piece against truck drivers looks like
I am a commercial trucker, this happens with EVERY DRIVER! Not just truckers, when i see it, i pull my air horn and signal to my phone on the dash, while mouthing "put your phone down". I have even done it to a California Highway Patrol that almost swerved into me, we actually ended up pulling over and he wasnt too happy i called him out at first. By the end of our conversation we were laughing together and before he left he thanked me for pointing out his mistake.
there should be a law
where all cars are obligated to come with a phone blocker
allowing people just to dial 911
so no gps, no texting at stop lights, and no answering emergency calls from family members🤔 seems legit
Cell phone use in vehicles is my biggest pet peeve, wife and I travel in a 41 ft diesel RV and am at eye level with truckers, the worst so far was a female trucker in Florida last fall on I-95, I thought she was drunk before I was able to get around her and saw she was looking at her phone, have had people drift into my lane while on phones (I'm the size of a freaking greyhound bus).
A female? Eeg gad!!!! It's males who cause the majority of crashes on the road.
This will never, nor will they ever curve this behavior. We're screwed!
@Lee Winterbottom sounds like a great idea...
Texting while driving needs to be a mandatory license suspension and a fine of 5 thousand dollars
They feel like you can't see them because they're up so high, and they're right. I only see other car drivers mostly.
Lmao what a joke!! 95% of people PERIOD are texting and driving! Why just single out one group of people? Nobody says anything when a car cuts off a 18 wheeler and slams on breaks! The motoring public needs to be educated on how to function around 18 wheelers! Not just disrespect them and think it's an instant paycheck!
damn straight bro
damn straight bro
A fully loaded transport trailor causes slightly more damage than your average honda civic. Also, the problem IS WORSE with truck drivers because they use there phones all day long for logistical reasons pertaining to there job. I can't beleive I need to even explain this to you. Any other questions, comments, concerns?
dave barnett Yeah you must be that HONDA driver with your tablet in one hand and your phone in the other going down the interstate at 70 mph!! Lol Just because it won't cause as much damage still doesn't justify it being right sir! Smhl
my phone is a land line, nice try though.
I am a truck driver but I always use hands free, (Bluetooth) they are only about $100.00 so why not get one?? also if the police see you texting it is a $2500.00 ticket, but cars are way less than that maybe $100.00 ticket. I see about 5% of truck drivers doing this but about 90% of cars. Distracted Driving Kills PLEASE STOP!!
I say about 97%
Yeah its everyone flying down interstate passing me like im sitting and when they go by me i look and guess what there texting
I think when a person gets in a car or truck an cranks up the device shouts texting off .
they're not their. Do they teach this badly in American schools?
There are more cars on the road that the drivers are doing the same thing and they all should be clamped down on, and not just the truck driver.
Everyone, no matter what your profession, needs to get off their phone!
every vehicle on the planet should be built with a device that blocks the signal coming or going from any phone once a person gets in and starts to drive said vehicle, PERIOD all the money wasted on trying to tell people to stop texting and driving the money should be spent on signal blocking technology.
TRINITYADAMS69 You hit the nail on the head.. It's obviously a serious problem where people can't control themselves..Big brother needs to inforce signal control ..The average person with a phone ,, can't control themselves
and it has nothing to do with government intervention. The countless lives lost in car accidents over the phone is ridiculous.
Nanny state. Making the phones deactivate if going over a certain speed would be the best way instead of doing expensive modifications to vehicles.
@Hello TRINITYADAMS69, How are you doing?
I just love how people make truckers seem like the problem they didn't show tht STUPID 4 wheeler doing the same thing they are just as careless....I am a trucker and I have been hit by sum1 texting in the phone....
Cedric Norwood
Agreed . Truck driving
15yrs . Seen alot of texting an driving ..even the cops ... so they can't say truckers ... it's everyone. Here in Canada fines are $280 - $400 an 5 points off the licence.
Sum 1? This isn't texting - so why not use the keyboard properly?
Cedric Norwood: I hear ya!!!
Trucker here as well... we have a good line of sight into everyone's vehicle. Seems like 90% of people are on their phones. It's unbelievable honestly how many people
But they are not going to talk about that.. in America it's about blame it all on trucks
This video should be used in
Driver's Education Classes!
Difficult because so many people have the "it won't happen to me" syndrome
I show all kinds of news videos showing how texting and driving and other distractions are not a smart idea while operating a motor vehicle, in my Driver Education Class. And yet, students see their parents doing it and they too will try it.
My name is Laurie Ann Garcia known as cassiegirl from Texas..I made world news and years later I look back at this moment and never realized how beautiful life is..I was a passenger that took trips with my bestie but never went down into Mexico.. Many times I saw him texting and driving but I never once told him not too..Things changed ,my Columbian son is dead and my Russian son misses me..Your sister is with me on the other side..I love you Christopher
Why is the government taking its 🤬 time to solve this problem! Innocent people are dying every day because of texting and driving. I see it every day it’s insane!! Everybody does it not just truck drivers!
And what about the cops on their laptop computers while driving? Oh, you didn't want to mention that? What about EMT's texting while driving? What about Media reporters texting while driving? Look in your own backyard.
THIS article was about truckers, of which there are many more on the road at any particular time than any other group that you mentioned. Also those trucks are huge and a bigger danger to the general public.
drummerboy smith What's your point?
millionmarch
You are stupid.
drummerboy smith Yes you are. Thanks for playing.
i have seen school bus drivers texting and talking
Its sad that all other drivers who dont do this are getting the heavy brunt of this.
Then when anything happens on the interstate or highways, what happens ? they blame the drivers and 4 wheelers are always innocent in everything on the roads.
Brake Check!
and what about all the people in cars texting, taking selfies and talking on the phones??? it's not just truckers.
M Leamond I know. But the fact that trucks are soo big and devastating they get picked on easily. But no one should be texting while driving PERIOD!
Lock them up, All of them for using their phones while driving
And that's just one reason I don't drive the interstate. Too many idiots + going too fast + not paying attention = a crappy situation
I enjoy waking them up out of their electronic trance with a good long horn blow!!
Yeah let's Target truckers like always. Every other car that passes me are driving distracted. What a joke.
My phone rings while driving, I don't answer it, I pull over. My other cars have Bluetooth. So no problem.
But you have to look down to accept it...🤭😳🚘💥
@@jancarter9770 If Google Assistant (Android phones) is set up correctly all you have to do is talk at the phone or vehicle's comm system. Or ear piece communicators are cheap. Best practice is to pull over safely or ignore a call/text. And use a dashcam.
I don't think anybody should text and drive trucks or cars
It's just not truckers, I've seen a ton a cars and cops on there phone texting, and calling while driving!!!
It's laughable they discuss trucking, yet there are 100,000x more cars. Sounds like they need to focus on the bigger agenda. I've seen very few truckers ever on theirs, yet almost every car that I pass, they are on the phone. Hmmm
Texting and driving kills.
looks like a handful of truckers what about all the 4 wheelers on the phone.
I see this everyday on rt 80 in new jersey ! I now have cameras on my service truck for this reason. The worst drivers are the dump truck " 10 wheelers " speeding, changing lanes and tail gating aggressively. every week there is one involved in a serious accident.
~ a year ago a dirt bucket blew his air horn to get me to speed up while he was behind me going up hill. (2 lane road) I did a brake check on him. (How dumb was I?) He had to totally start out. About 4 miles ahead I pulled over and tried to flag him in. (Again, how dumb?)
It's not JUST truckers. I am a trucker and on a daily basis I've got cars and pickups coming at me on 2 lane roads going over the center stripe looking at they're phones. Many a close call.
IT'S the government's fault, The government should make a LAW to force the manufactures to shut them down if moving and that would solve the problem.
It's not just truckers I seen a female driving with her knee putting on make up and talking on the phone
Oh my! 😭😭😭
We all do it.. admit it or not? It's just that some get caught.
Cars do this all the time aswell. Why are truck drivers singled out here?
Try catching those 4 wheelers doing that WAY more than professional drivers do!!!!
those weren't real trucks anyway. play trucks 1/2 those u don't need a CDL
You're right. That makes it totally ok. TEXT ON!!!!
+Paul Patrie not what I'm saying I think texting is dangerous
Paul Patrie I think you misunderstood what he was saying. most of the vehicles on this Montague were cube vans and straight trucks without airbrakes.
So in your opinion the size of as truck matters?
Lol at spelling nazi its ,short hand
I really really miss the days before cell phones were around. We used to talk about how one day people will be carrying phones around and it seemed foreign back then. How quickly it became true. Being out in public in ALL ways was nicer before phones were invented.
In Australia we are not allowed to even think about touching our phone while driving. We even have phone use detection cameras.
Yep right, I see people tooting other people on their phones,, I do it too, it pisses me off, how hard is it to Just Drive..
Are we just going to ignore the fact that the guy narrating is called Jim Hopper?
ANYONE using their phone while driving should be banned from driving for life! No excuses. It’s despicable, stupid and ignorant behaviour that takes and ruins lives!
I used to be a truck driver for USXPRESS. The tractor had a type of computer module called a "Qualcomm". This thing could monitor engine performance or where I was traveling VIA GPS/telemetry technology. It also had the capability for me to communicate with my dispatcher. I DESPISED that thing. My dispatcher was always contacting me through that monitor. I would have to use the keyboard to communicate to him, WHILE I WAS DRVING! I could not pull over to stop because it would mess up my log book where I would have to write in it, On Duty Not Driving which burnt up my legal driving time which was typically 10 hours. I thought it was very dangerous! I quit driving, went back to school and became a journeyman electrician making way more money than being a truck driver!
Why is the police slowed down in a fast lane where heavy weight semi's roll through knowing that can't slowed down in time.clearly cops fault
7 years later. As a trucker who doesn't use her phone while driving her rig, observes several passenger vehicle drivers distracted using handheld devices daily.
everyone texting and driving it's danger on the road , but i drove a truck for ten years ,never had an accident,but on my experience ,texting and driving a truck it's more dangerous,than driving a car.and every day i saw hunrdeds of people doin'it .i use to pull over to call my dispatch on a safe place.
It's 2022 September 3rd, texting while driving is the WORST it's been m ever been. These heartless people care more about their selfs. Until it's to late and something horrible outcomes of it.
I'm a truck driver in the UK and to be on the phone while driving any vehicle is outrageous and plain stupid. To even hold a phone is illegal and will get any driver 6 points and a £300 fine ....
Should be mandatory loss of license for a MINIMUM of 5 years and a year in prison!!! And that 5 year revocation starts from when he’s released from prison!!!
The question is WHY are the Texting / WHO are they texting. If it is business related the blame goes further up the chain of command.
Well guess what I am a truck driver and every car that goes by me is on their phone. Let's add up the car accidents against the truck accidents and we'll see what we get then
Hand free phone is best option for carrying a conversation and driving. I seen people who once they get on phone they lose their perspective of their surroundings almost like they are the only ones on the road. I driver large trucks. I see city, county and state officers talking with a phone to their ear from my view looking down. Hands free is the best way to talk and drive.
You can text and drive successfully for years, but it takes only one time for it to all go wrong.
I once passed a truck driver with a newspaper spread out over the steering wheel. Lethal . Show them no mercy.
Georgia had a law that prohibits texting while driving since 7/1/2010 but the law didn't have alot of effect. Georgia passed the hands-free law on 3/29/2018. Ex governor, Nathan Deal signed the bill on 5/2/2018 and the law went into effect on July 1, 2018. The law states that you cannot hold your phone up to your ear to talk, have the phone in your lap, or hold it against your ear with your shoulder. Drivers can make or receive calls by using speakerphone, bluetooth system in vehicle, smartwatch, or earpiece. They can also use earbuds but only can use 1 because they need to hear surrounding traffic and emergency vehicle sirens.
A light duty box truck hardly makes one a trucker.
I'm currently leaving a delivery job where the manager tells us to look at our phone and read routes while driving to catch up coming deliveries....I never did it but the young guys always do it because they are scared to miss something...so I'm out
Right. 2 a.m. brake check and you're texting. Well the 4 wheeler likely wouldn't leave the scene.
In Scotland, its a criminal offence to use a handheld phone whilst driving and to text. Its not however to use a bluetooth to phone but, it is to text.
I suggest a 6 months prison sentence for everyone caught texting and driving
As a truck driver, I’d say more than 90% of the motoring public have their hands on the phones at any given time. Whether it’s talking, texting, or watching something. While trucks are more “high profile” you really need to address the entire population. Technology needs to vamp up and disable all cell phones in a vehicle once that vehicle is in motion. Once stopped, proper use may be used once again until the vehicle goes in motion.
Not guilty after killing an officer on his own fault by texting while driving?????? Who is paying for his attorney?????
Driver- shouldn't have been texting
Cop- shouldn't have been parked in the road.
all phones should be disabled as soon as you enter a vehicle automatically.
koro287 while i would never text and drive.. i do not agree the phone should be disabled whenever someone is in a car.
Many drivers are texting. I am sitting in a line of traffic and see their heads bobbing up and down, up to see what is happening, and back down to their phones. It is so unnerving, I do not wish to be anywhere near texting drivers, yet find myself sandwiched between them, it goes on everywhere. Hopefully, there will be better CCTV aimed at roads and pick up all these idiots. There should be major fines for those caught texting or using their phone, and huge prison sentences for those who cause accidents!
Where I live, even the Police Texting while driving, seen it several times with my own eyes.
And not wearing seat belts. Or was that on the TV shows? It must take talent to text and eat donuts at the same time.
I'm a truck driver and most of the time is me looking at the GPS
I see it all day long when people drive by me. best part of being a truck driver I can see everything going on in the car when they pass me always texting or some bullshit