On Sat, 26 Aug 2017 16:06:59 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Saturday, August 26, 2017 at 9:30:39 AM UTC-10, Casa de Masa wrote:
>> On 8/26/2017 2:06 AM, dsi1 wrote:
>> > On Friday, August 25, 2017 at 12:08:48 PM UTC-10, wrote:
>> >> On Friday, August 25, 2017 at 1:59:25 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> There are many accidents today cause by people falling asleep or being
>> >>> distracted. Things like lane change alerts and lane assist can prevent
>> >>> some of them. What worries more more is people on drugs and people usi
>> >>> g cell phones.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >> What scares me most when on the road are the knuckleheads on their
>> >> cell phones. They terrify me more than inebriated drivers. They're
>> >> just as bad inside a store with not paying attention but I haven't
>> >> heard of anyone yet being killed by a shopping cart.
>> >
>> > What I see frequently is a car waiting at a stop light just not moving when the other cars have gone. That happens all the time - it's funny. We always say "texting!"
>> >
>>
>> "Caught between the longing for love
>> And the struggle for the legal tender
>> Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring
>> And the junk man pounds his fender
>> Where the veterans dream of the fight
>> Fast asleep at the traffic light..."
>>
>> - Jackson Browne
>>
>>
>> ....times have changed...
>
>The trouble with driving a car is that it takes valuable time away from doing what people really would rather do - texting and watching movies on their phones. Self-driving cars will free men from this mundane chore and allow them to reach their full potential.

I think it's high time for self-texting phones.