Journey now, discuss and textual content later

How a lot of you bear in mind “Car Talk”, the wildly popular NPR show with Tom and Ray Magliozzi, also called “Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers?” Not solely had been they brothers, however each graduated from MIT. They had been strolling encyclopedias of automotive knowledge. And frequent sense.

To them, automotive security meant extra than simply mechanics. It meant drivers must be good about their motoring. Their well-liked bumper sticker learn “Drive Now, Talk Later.”

They meant speaking on cellphones, in fact. But to replace their mantra you would add “Text Later.”

That’s truly the legislation in Connecticut: All drivers should use hands-free gadgets for telephone calls, and it’s unlawful to textual content or use any hand-held cellular gadget whereas working a motorized vehicle. If you’re below age 18 you’re not allowed to make use of any cellphone, hands-free or in any other case, whereas driving.

Last 12 months’s “Put the phone away or pay” marketing campaign in East Hartford and Manchester noticed 365 tickets issued in a single month whereas state police tallied virtually 600 citations in the identical interval. And we’re speaking a $200 to $625 effective.

But I see it every single day… people can’t put down their phones. I’m behind a man at a crimson gentle.  It adjustments to inexperienced and he doesn’t transfer, clearly checking his telephone. A slight faucet on the horn (after a really affected person 10 seconds) and he lastly takes off.

Are all of us so addicted? I truthfully marvel what dad and mom with an SUV full of children are pondering once they drive down busy streets juggling a latte in a single hand and a cellphone within the different.