Quote Originally Posted by bmccasland View Post
Whatever happened with the thought of just DRIVING a car? You know, 3000pounds of steel with a motor attached? If you need to know where you're going, pull over and look at a map (paper or electronic). Need to use the phone, your car is NOT a phone booth. I could go on... We have taken multi-tasking to a whole new level, but when one of those tasks could actually kill someone, maybe we should concentrate on it.

This sort of thing makes me think twice about things I do while I'm behind the wheel, and do I REALLY need to be doing that, or driving the beast?
I've been thinking about that as well. It seems as though driving (actually piloting the vehicle) has become the secondary or even tertiary activity. I'm a big fan of govt. staying out of our lives/decisions but I'm thinking it's time to have some new rules to put the emphasis back on the task of driving.