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**Maserati** · 06-09-2012, 05:31 PM

That's enough to distract you, tbh. The problem with texting on most phones is that you have to look at the screen to do it. If I had some kind of keyboard on my steering wheel, I could most likely text all day and be just fine. But having to take my eyes off the road, hit "reply", type out two letters, click send, then close my phone, even if that only takes 5 seconds is 5 seconds I'm not watching the road. I may as well just close my eyes and hope for the best at that point.

I used to text and drive when I was like 20, then I almost rear ended someone and realized how stupid I was being, and haven't done it since.

Well obviously you don't do all the 5 seconds at once.. You look at screen, look back, press OK, look back, send back, look back. It's the same as tuning the radio or GPS

06-09-2012, 05:31 PM	#13
Maserati Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 436 Senior Member	That's enough to distract you, tbh. The problem with texting on most phones is that you have to look at the screen to do it. If I had some kind of keyboard on my steering wheel, I could most likely text all day and be just fine. But having to take my eyes off the road, hit "reply", type out two letters, click send, then close my phone, even if that only takes 5 seconds is 5 seconds I'm not watching the road. I may as well just close my eyes and hope for the best at that point. I used to text and drive when I was like 20, then I almost rear ended someone and realized how stupid I was being, and haven't done it since. Well obviously you don't do all the 5 seconds at once.. You look at screen, look back, press OK, look back, send back, look back. It's the same as tuning the radio or GPS
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