texting while driving? Who would do this?

[maziemaus]

follow the link to a game designed to let you gauge your distraction while trying to drive and txt.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/07/19/technology/20090719-driving-game.html

Comments

[cheryllm]

Texting while driving is like using a typewriter while driving. So foolish.

[iestynapmwg]

Back before texting was so common, work gave us these nifty pagers that could display 4 lines of text. Often, while stopped in traffic (fully stopped, traffic was terrible around there) we would shoot messages back and forth: "Hey how far down are you?" "Can you see where the hold up is?" "I think i see your car!"

This was with a full keyboard, mind you... I couldn't imagine trying that with a phone where you have to press the '3' button 3 times, then the '5' twice, oops that was 3! How do i backspace again...? Even while stopped, waiting for cars in front to start moving again.

[cheryllm]

My phone is like that too, iestynapmwg. Nowadays the kids are all using the newfangled cell phones with the slide-out full keyboard and tiny, tiny letter keys. Why, when I was their age... (/grandma mode)