textin nd driving--amberlyn

I think that Iowa should change their law to where people cannot text while driving, because making a phone call is different then texting, because the driver does not have to take his or her eyes off the road. If the driver has a passenger in the car with them, the driver can have the passenger text for the driver. I feel this way because texting takes the drivers eyes off the road and is a distraction. Like for example in the article Texting Drivers, Tempting Fate, "... its initial findings showed that drivers who took their eyes off the road for any of a variety of activities, such as answering a phone call, were more likely to get into a crash or near crash. But by far, the most dangerous—and potentially lethal—activity was text-messaging." Also, I think that even if they change the law that people are going to against the law and still are going to text with their phones. In the article Text-Messaging Behind the Wheel, it says that a person who is 17, texts while driving, "she admits that she too occasionally sends texts despite a ban on cell phone use for drivers under 19 and adults with learners permits." Both texting and talking on the phone are dangerous while driving, but I think even if Iowa outlawed phones while driving people would still use them. Like the speed limit, not everyone goes fifty-five on the highways. I personally do not use my phone that much while I am driving and if there are other people in the car I have then take care of my phone calls or text messages I receive while driving. The older generations like parents do not want their children to text and drive. Either way I think that even if Iowa bans texting while driving people are going to text anyway.