You should follow me on Twitter. My profile can be found at http://twitter.com/rootsalpharetta . If you like my random and incoherent five hundred word blog posts, then imagine what I can do with one hundred and forty bytes!
Yesterday afternoon I tweeted the following:
I’m tweeting from GA400. My last chance to do so legally.
Yes indeed I was on Ga-400. If I pull such a stunt today I would subject myself to a $150 fine and a point on my license. Was I being reckless by using my smart phone on an eight lane divided highway? Hardly. My minivan was completely motionless and my foot was firmly on the brake. In other words, I was stuck in traffic. I know a lot of people use their phones in traffic because I see Foursquare users checking into “Traffic on GA400“. I’m not exactly sure why.
Today the new No Texting Law goes into effect. I’m not sure what to think of this. Texting while driving your car at speed is indeed very dangerous. And I do see it happen quite often. My wife will lean on the horn when she sees people do it.
But at the same time, there are so many other things in my car that may distract me from driving. Singing, talking, nose picking, yelling at the radio during liberal-slanted NPR reports… the list goes on and on. Just today, after my GA-400 tweet, my daughter threw a shoe at her brother. That distracted me much more than my tweet. There is still no law regarding yelling at a five year old while driving, much to the chagrin of my little Elizabeth.
So I practiced my little act of civil disobedience yesterday while it was still legal. The libertarian in me thinks responsible individuals should make their own decisions regarding being distracted in the car. Be a safe driver, whatever that means for you. On the other hand, anything that keeps more eyes on the road is probably the safe way to go.
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