Texting and driving

We are hearing more about cell phones and texting while driving. Sure, texting and driving is a stupid idea. But you can make hands-free calls. I bought a Bluetooth device for my car, since it is not equipped with Bluetooth. It's not perfect but it works. Let's remember, as this article says, that drivers have a lot of distractions, including other people in the car. Those people can be kids, etc. See also here. Both articles are from Popular Mechanics.

A really bad idea

A government study says that texting while driving is up 50 percent. Two out of 10 drives admit to having sent text messages while behind the wheel. Making a phone call is bad enough, but how could anyone even text while in control of a moving vehicle?

AP: Kids who text more than 120 times a day are more likely to get have sex or use alcohol and drugs. That's not to say that texting is the cause of these behaviors. We may need to be reminded that correlation is not the same as causation. Some other factor may be the cause.