Everyone in the world does not fit into the same sized box.
Saying that *In General* texting with driving is unsafe is Very true.
However, some people are just bad drivers, some people are great at multitasking, some people are easily distracted, some people tend to let their mind wander, some people...
Thinking about work/home/whatever while driving and just going on autopilot is very unsafe. And yet almost all drivers do that.
Having tunnel vision and only paying attention to what is in front of you is very unsafe. And yet far too many people do that.
And so on, and so on...
Texting while driving is simply not dangerous for all people at all times, and it is a lot safer than the other things that everyone does on the road every day.
If you remain focused on the road and stop texting when conditions dictate then texting is not unsafe (that is why texting is safer that talking, you can stop texting when you need to, you can't stop talking or have the other person stop talking mid-word)
The problem is simply that most people are too stupid and self delusional to know if they are one of the ones of that can safely do it or not.
I ALWAYS text, Email, Surf, or whatever else on my phone while driving, and I am still much safer that most of the morons out there.
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