So the banning of cellphone use in cars is on the cards.

I've ranted about this before. Of course, my viewpoint hardly reflects the majority of people who seem to care, because I'm apparently one of the few people smart enough to be able to do both while prioritising the road, not the phone.[1]

But now we see opinions like this:

Mr Noon said parents should refrain from texting their children at night to ask where they were "because what could be more tragic than sending them a text that makes them have an accident?"

Good grief. How about we just never send SMS ever again, incase we unwittingly distract the guy at the other end?

A shame that there's apparently 'peer pressure' to respond to SMS in a timely fashion - on the part of teens in particular. Oh sh!t. Sorry I couldn't respond earlier - had to stop myself from dying first.

Seriously. I realise the lowest common denomonator is where we often have to aim - but isn't it sad when it really is THAT low? Can people not ignore their SMS (sms is by its very nature, not a duplex conversation... an extra few seconds or even minutes are hardly going to be life threatening (probably get blamed on the network!) until it's safe to grab their phone and look at the screen?

Sigh. I guess I better save up for the bluetooth headset to go with my phone. Only my personal phone, mind you, as work won't be supplying one for their phone (they supply the cabled one... which doesn't fit in my ear... )

@!$!@#$

Oh, and [1]: I know im not perfect. I've likely done some less-than-perfect things whilst on the phone. However i'm yet to have an accident thanks to distraction... the level of attention I give the road is either sufficient enough to preserve the safety of me and the people in the car with me, or i'm looking for somewhere to pull over!