Text messaging while driving can be deadly-英语点津

Driving safely requires concentration, but today, there are many distractions that take a driver's attention away from the road. "The legislature passed a bill on texting this past legislative session, it was signed into law by the governor--a $100 fine if a police officer observes you texting while driving," she says. "That's just two activities, driving and text messaging just simply don't mix. Our vehicle has become a source of all kinds of distractions; radios, eating, applying makeup, and then interacting with a lot of new technology that has taken place over the last 10 to 15 years, like talking on the cell phones, hand free cell phones, text messaging, instant messaging, surfing the internet, interacting with the GPS system, virtual gaming, watching television, shuffling through your Ipod to find the next song." "In a study that we have done with commercial truckers, they found that there is a 23 fold increase in near accidents with truckers who were driving while text messaging.