Our culture is addicted to texting. Duh. But it's so funny how all of a sudden we realize the dangers and start restricting its use--no wonder the transition is a little slow and hard to adopt. But, this is nothing new. Remember when smoking was cool? Yeah, movie stars advertised cigarettes on TV and it was everything that is glamorous and beautiful. Then came the the realization of lung cancer, the attack on Big Tobacco, and the Truth Campaign. Suddenly smoking is not so cool anymore--it's even hard to find places to smoke these days. It might take awhile to see texting while driving (TWD) become as rejected as smoking is, but things need to change somehow. Since the addiction to instant communication and gratification won't change soon (that seems to be the whole goal of technology), technology should help facilitate through hands-free technology in the car and the enforcement of these new laws against TWD. So much to think about! But drastic change can be made to our addicted and car-crashing generation. Think about what people would have thought 50 years ago if they knew that in the UK now, you can't even smoke in a pub!
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