Do you text while driving despite the MD ban that went into effect in October?

My suspicion is that people have hardly slowed their texting habits even though it’s illegal to text message while operating a vehicle in many states now, including Maryland. I asked the question on Facebook to see what responses I’d get from my peers.

Pet Peeve: If you’re a driver who can’t figure out what the fast lanes and the slow lanes are for, get to the right. Now.

Drunk drivers cause less accidents than texting drivers

Neal Rodriguez of the Huffington Post posted this graphic in his article on texting while driving Monday. I think it speaks for itself.

I’m sorry. Which spot were you aiming for?

I have a goal: to seek out some of the worst parking/driving decisions and post the photos of such events on this blog to clarify improper driving/parking/vehicle use etiquette. I’m sorry. Which spot were you aiming for? And when you got out of the car and noticed the white line was four (or more) feet [...]

Do you think you can drive safely while text messaging?

The New York Times released this driving and texting simulation to demonstrate how difficult it is to drive properly while text messaging. Below is a screenshot, but you can do the activity for yourself on their website. Honestly, this activity is highly challenging, but probably not realistic. I don’t know about you, but I don’t [...]

How do we enforce the MD texting while driving ban?

So there’s a new ban on texting while driving in Maryland as of October 1st of this year. And it opens a lot of questions. How is the law to be enforced? What about GPS or iPods or talking on the phone? Aren’t these similar distractions? What if I’m using my smart phone to update [...]