Originally Posted by
slowandsteady
Nicotine isn't that dangerous. It is the tar, formaldehyde, and other crap they add to cigarrettes. Alcohol when taken at normal doses(1-2 drinks a day max) is beneficial. Too much of any drug and you will suffer. At least drugs have redeeming qualities like lowering blood pressure, alleviating pain, controlling diabetes.
What redeeming quality of texting while driving is there? None.
Nicotine is actually quite toxic and can kill you if you overdose on it. It's just that it's pretty hard to OD on it from smoking alone. But if you made a tea or something out of tobacco, or overused nicotine products like patches or gum while also smoking, it potentially could poison you.
But yes, I agree that there is no redeeming quality associated with texting while driving. I'm beginning to think we should perhaps just have phones disable the capability to send or receive texts while the phone is moving at driving speed. This would certainly have some false positives (people on trains, passengers of cars), but it's beginning to seem like it would be worth it just to stop the idiots who won't stop doing it while driving.