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mojo84 wrote:

1911 10MM wrote:
You are entitled to your opinion as am I. They are not completely different things but have a lot in common. Just because you don't see it doesn't make it insulting, ridiculous, or uncalled for. I have already seen several other comparisons. Just because you disagree doesn't make it factual. If you don't think the youngsters won't be hacking and jail breaking phones to text well again I believe they will. It is part of their life. They are already doing it.

The reason it is insulting, ridiculous and uncalled for is because I do NOT support a law requiring carriers or manufactures to take steps to prevent texting while driving. The anti gun idiots you compared me to support laws that will require manufactures to add chips to guns. Therefore, your assertion and comparison involving me is not valid. I am not support the locking down of phones so they can't be used to text while driving nor am I supporting a new law. I have only challenged the premise some have based their arguments. As far as your smart gun comparison, it may be valid with others in this thread but not me.

I think people should choose not to text and drive on their own. I also think carriers and manufactures could curtai/preventl most of it if they choose to take steps to do so.

mojo84 wrote:

1911 10MM wrote:

mojo84 wrote:

1911 10MM wrote:The phone companies can do what they want but it won't solve a darn thing as all of the phones can be hacked to defeat anything the phone companies put in as software. Education is the key not more laws or software.

You think people aren't aware texting and driving is dangerous?

Nothing will be 100% but if something were to be done, I'd prefer it be done by the phone makers rather than the legislature or congress.

It's unreasonable to expect software to fix the problem when it can be defeated. iPhones can be jail broken and everything else can be hacked. The problem isn't the tool, it's the people who use the tool in an improper manner. Are you a proponent for smart guns?

Stop with comparison to anti gun idiots that support smart guns as that is insulting, ridiculous and uncalled for as they are two completely different situations.

The average person is not going to jailbreak their phone in order to defeat the texting while driving safety features is they are installed by the manufacturers of carriers. Like I said, nothing is 100% and I do not believe it should be forced by legislation.

mojo84 wrote:

1911 10MM wrote:The phone companies can do what they want but it won't solve a darn thing as all of the phones can be hacked to defeat anything the phone companies put in as software. Education is the key not more laws or software.

You think people aren't aware texting and driving is dangerous?

Nothing will be 100% but if something were to be done, I'd prefer it be done by the phone makers rather than the legislature or congress.