 einbar says: "If we don't want this two-worlds experiment to be regulated nature's way—by killing people—then we'd better regulate it ourselves. Here are a few proposed rules of the road. Multitasking is a glorious gift. We can't ban it, nor should we. Want to phone your spouse or your office while walking? Fine. The only life at stake is yours. Want to turn on your car radio or music player? Fine. Listening is easier than talking, and you can mentally or physically shut it off when necessary. Want to chat with your passenger? Fine again. Studies indicate that passenger conversations are less distracting than phone calls, apparently because you're sharing and often referring to the same environment. The real danger comes from being mentally sucked out of your world while operating thousands of pounds of metal at high speed.Only five states prohibit driving while holding a phone, and if you're an adult with a hands-free phone, no legislator is even proposing to mess with you. That has to change, The engineer had crossed through the same area many times before (outbound & inbound). Engineers know how important signals are and where they are too. While this tragedy is a horrible one, there are no statistics that tell us how many times this engineer had averted danger or calamity in order to develop a score sheet that compares with other contracted engineer scores. One of the most tragic aspects of this accident is that the engineer's area had not been monitored by a reliable and retrievable camera/mic blackbox. With the death of the engineer, certain assumptions are now being made about the relative importance of the text message timing with the impact time. This is too easy to do an... |
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