I know you just want to keep your family safe, me too.
But consider my case. I have NO traffic tickets on my record, but I recently started taking a medication that could cause sudden blackouts. I am still allowed to drive.
I also have an ADDICTION to mobile games. I try to limit my playing to stop lights, but if traffic seems light, I will try to get away with crushing a few candies while driving. Studies have shown this is MORE dangerous than drunk driving, but I don't feel like it is because again, I don't even have any tickets on my record.
Yes, I have had a few close calls, and hit a few curbs, but I'm not stopping what I'm doing anytime soon. In fact I just got a mount for my dashboard so I can watch Youtube videos while I drive, so the problem is getting worse.
I consider myself a good person, and a responsible person in general, but I will probably be responsible for a horrible accident at some point before I actually change my behavior. I'm hoping the self driving cars get here before that happens, because my attention holding skills and driving ability are on a serious downward trajectory.
EDIT: To the people who got upset by this. I am sorry. This was Trollish behavior. I took patterns that I am seeing, and tried to personify them to make it more effective.
You can see from some of my past posts, I have real concern about where smart phones are taking us, and I took my argument too far. I really did lose someone close to me because they were hit by a driver that was looking at a dick pic and not paying attention to the road. This has permanently effected my perspective on this issue.
Also... the medication I was referring to was a normal SSRI Anti-depressant. These don't have any warnings about "operating heavy machinery", and are totally legal to take while driving. They don't cause black outs, but actual seizures in some people.
But consider my case. I have NO traffic tickets on my record, but I recently started taking a medication that could cause sudden blackouts. I am still allowed to drive.
I also have an ADDICTION to mobile games. I try to limit my playing to stop lights, but if traffic seems light, I will try to get away with crushing a few candies while driving. Studies have shown this is MORE dangerous than drunk driving, but I don't feel like it is because again, I don't even have any tickets on my record.
Yes, I have had a few close calls, and hit a few curbs, but I'm not stopping what I'm doing anytime soon. In fact I just got a mount for my dashboard so I can watch Youtube videos while I drive, so the problem is getting worse.
I consider myself a good person, and a responsible person in general, but I will probably be responsible for a horrible accident at some point before I actually change my behavior. I'm hoping the self driving cars get here before that happens, because my attention holding skills and driving ability are on a serious downward trajectory.
EDIT: To the people who got upset by this. I am sorry. This was Trollish behavior. I took patterns that I am seeing, and tried to personify them to make it more effective.
You can see from some of my past posts, I have real concern about where smart phones are taking us, and I took my argument too far. I really did lose someone close to me because they were hit by a driver that was looking at a dick pic and not paying attention to the road. This has permanently effected my perspective on this issue.
Also... the medication I was referring to was a normal SSRI Anti-depressant. These don't have any warnings about "operating heavy machinery", and are totally legal to take while driving. They don't cause black outs, but actual seizures in some people.