Ok, Oprah probably started this whole craze and coined it...the “no phone zone” in your car. Otherwise known as no texting and driving. Fortunately in all my multi-tasking life, I know my limitations when it comes specifically to texting while driving. Though this may be fueled by the fact that I can’t see far & near at the same time, so it’s a lot of rigamarole for me in the car! I’m not even a good phone person, so really I already rarely talk on the phone in the car. If and when I do, it’s always short!!!
Millions of people must text and talk on cell phones in their cars to bring all this to the loud forefront. But really there are so many other really difficult things people do while driving in their cars. Eating is a big one. I mean how does anybody eat a double big whopper while driving a car? As a mom, how can you concentrate on the road when all your little kids have their food in the car and you’re trying to pass it out. And they’re fighting over who gets what and then someone stabs the straw in the drink and the bottom pops out.
What about people like me with allergies who are fighting off 20 sneezes and grabbing to reach the constantly moving tissue box?
What about the kids fighting and beating on each other and listening to the tone of the screaming and crying rapidly accelerate?
What about your two year old climbing out of his car seat and standing up behind you! Or screeching to go potty now! Or the toy truck that comes flying at your head?
We can get into some real motherly scenerios that make texting look tame! And these are from good kids!
What about those who dress & put on makeup while driving? Or writing checks? Or business reports that are due? What about driving too fast in bad weather? No wonder people think they can text at the same time!
I’m not discounting the importance of what texting and driving mean when they go on at the same time. What I am saying is we all need to take into account all other driving distractions and try to alleviate all that we can. Accidents occur in an instant, an instant too late. We should all be aware of our own distractions.
Texting is one of a myriad of things that happen while driving. What’s the strangest thing you’ve done or encountered behind the wheel? What are your driving distractions? There’s always something!
Can you learn? Can you change? Can you do better?
Can you get a chauffeur?
Oops that’s our job!
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