More on texting and driving

Have you seen this sign on a freeway?

 It is plastered all over south land Freeways lately. Texting and driving could become a very expensive hobby. Los Angeles Police Department  has vowed to enforce the law and to concentrate  on punishing texting/driving violators. Why so much fuss? Why not concentrate on catching serious criminals?

 Some say Los Angeles girls make texting look sexy. And it is sexy, on the beach while parked.

What is not sexy is texting while driving; it is dangerous and against the law.

According to the latest polls thirty seven percent of drivers openly admit to sending or receiving text messages while driving. One might say this trend has reached epidemic proportions and is largely responsible for increased amount of serious accidents on our roads. Do you remember a horrendous train crash in Chatsworth several years ago that was caused by a train engineer distracted by texting?

Or may be you remember twenty one year old Ani Voksanian from Glendale who took a life of eighty year old man in 2011 while driving and texting. Voksanian was charged with one count of felony gross vehicular manslaughter. Last year I repaired City of Burbank's  Honda  that was hit by a teenager who was texting and  driving. The vehicle looked like an accordion. I can site examples for hours. May be Los Angeles Police department does have a point enforcing no texting while driving law. It is their job to protect and to serve and they are trying really hard to serve our community by protecting  us from ourselves and our terrible driving habits. May be it is time for us to take personal responsibility for ourselves and our children and stop texting while driving. What do you think ?