Comments on: Texting dangers real, not funny

By: jill

jill — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:54:21 +0000

wow.shes dumb

By: Danny

Danny — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:46:30 +0000

this is ridiculous. people totally need to chill about the whole txting thing. if youre crossing a busy intersection and staring at your phone then you’re an idiot. life is hard. you’re gonna die. but dont punish everybody out there just because some dumbass didnt look twice.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:24:29 +0000

“Texting and walking” hmmmmm. Let see, when a person is reading they are basically tuning everything out except maybe a siren however. When a person is walking and gazes up at a building they typically slow their walk down and keep looking ahead for caution, this is a natural reaction to safty. There is NO natural reaction to safety with texting due to the absolute concentration of the action of texting and reading texts. The mere decoding itself of text messages takes 90% of your consentration where as a simple gaze up at a building takes 15% of your consentration. If you think that it is okay to text and walk on a busy sidewalk then you are in definate denial of the consequenses. When a person either is looking something up on a computer or texting they are in what I call a ROBO mode which is basically a robot performing the text. Look at peoples faces when they text, notice that their facial expression becomes null or void immediatly after they begin typing, that means they are totally focused and are blocking out everything around them. It isn’t safe at times. Please, why cant we just stop our feet for a second to respond to a text. Is it too much to ask for people to not bump into me on a sidewalk? It isn’t fair that I always have to walk around texters with their heads bowed down to their phones to avoid the collision between them and I. We share the sidewalk so lets all play nice and respectful. Just a thought.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:21:36 +0000

I don’t think the families of the people who died doing this would think the legislation was stupid. Sometimes it takes a law for people to acknowledge that a behavior that has come to be commonly accepted as a norm is actually harmful. Sure, it’s common sense not to text while crossing the street. Isn’t it also common sense not to get behind the wheel if you’ve had too much too drink? Legislation covers a broad range of topics – human behavior included.

By: Chibi

Chibi — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:28:32 +0000

I think texting while driving should be out lawed, because all of your attention is on what you are typing/texting instead of on the road, pedestrians, or other drivers. Funny thing is though, the ones who text while driving are the first ones to complain about bad drivers. And when they get into accidents they blame the other driver(s). And then they wonder why theres accidents. Well, DUH!!!

By: Vinny

Vinny — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:28:00 +0000

Dumb.

By: Dan Balanoff

Dan Balanoff — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:59:17 +0000

FLUNKIN DUNKIN! After reading the article I’m alarmed that a State Representative who’s district is facing so many serious problems is spending his time introducing such unnecessary legisltaion. It’s not laughable, it’s just plain irresponsible. Ken Dunkin should be more concerned with the children being killed on his streets and the state’s buget crisis rather than the texting habbits of Chicago’s walkers. What’s he going to take on next, J walking?!
-Dan Balanoff

By: Dan Balanoff

Dan Balanoff — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:59:17 +0000