Breaking a Bad Habit

Posted on 06. Aug, 2010 by marklink in blog

Do you text and drive? Georgia legislatures recently passed a ban on texting and driving law that went into affect July 1, 2010. Some police and agencies allowed for a texting ban grace period while they decided how best to enforce the new law. Known as Caleb’s law, it was named for a teen who was killed while texting and driving.

People are now faced with breaking old habits of texting while driving. In an effort to raise awareness of her own dilema with the matter a news reporter, Kelley Foster, from the Coastal Source.com had this to say about breaking her bad texting while driving habits:

So yesterday after covering a story on the new law, I found myself sitting at a stoplight on my way home. And guess what I did? I reached in my purse and pulled out my phone. I was going to see if I had any missed calls or emails that I needed to read. About 30 seconds after picking up my phone, I remembered the story I had covered less than an hour earlier. I quickly looked around and good thing there wasn’t a cop near me. I then obediently put my phone back in my purse and drove the rest of the way home, with both hands on the wheel.

A common experience many Georgia drivers will soon face if they haven’t already. The dilemma, should I check my cell phone for a text message while I drive? The law is no guarantee everyone will follow them. After all thousands of speeding tickets are issued in Atlanta every month and we often hear reports of aggressive drivers who seem hell bent on hurting themselves of other not only disregarding the speed limit, but also continuing to strike other vehicles.

No law can directly prevent a person from committing a crime, but it can account for consequences of negligent actions. This train operator was suspended for texting while operating a commuter train. thankfully no one was hurt, unlike an accident in 2008 in California that involved the death of 25 people. After a 16 month they determined the cause was the conductors error, made while texting.

In today’s hectic world of instant communication it will be a challenge for drivers to break the bad habit of texting and driving. After all, drivers do not often think about texting accidents, or the need of a texting lawyer. Check out this post on 5 ways to break the habit of texting and driving.

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