MBTA Texting

" I'm giving up texting -- You are going to do it anymore I was a little worry at least try drive I was a little worried about you when you fled DS studio so quickly on Friday but then you to explain to me you and -- were trying to get to the ferried to get to the and and -- and so on and so -- Because I thought you might be riding the T an idea as you know a month not a daily ride but a -- and enough and I take -- in my granddaughter and we do all sorts of things on that. And while what an incident they had on Friday night. Also to people being carried out. Of the government's center station and a stretches all over the place up -- million of the City Hall plaza there. As they waited for -- this -- to come by nobody you know was so. Dragon and her mom and dad they've got to the circus which was on the City Hall plaza. Coming out of this this is a Big Apple circus in the Big Apple circus coming out of the circus of the circus was over there walking by ambulances everywhere stretches everywhere they were trying to. Kind of shield Greg insertion wanted to have her usual who median questions is -- bands that -- what's that dead have you forbid them to take the -- anymore no no I would -- my daughter as they come in saint dignity anyway but I like -- and Greg likes of you with."

" EO about an organization that stated -- 24 year old. With the train that's too young -- while I mean 24 girls still inside of that window were insurance company's Jack the rates after Mattingly for auto insurance because they know they're not responsible."

" Yup that's right EE EQ that's true and head and it'll be interest and get the specific text messages because the acknowledgment is that it was texting his girlfriend on a Friday night. 24 year old texting his girlfriend I would I would make a fairly substantial way to that there was some improprieties in the -- really your thing and it was -- all sexual erasing it was asked why you don't distract -- and I was very -- an -- speaker racing he plowed into the -- cow that was stopped up at 25. Miles an -- and that -- You're talking about a couple of tons oops. Three out of the four cars that are involved in this collision that were rode trolley to -- real cuts. -- demolished three out of 49 point six million dollars in damage 25 miles an out almost fifty people carried out of the title how can you know where this is million dollars in damage you measurement. He want to imagine they must not have the 25 mile an -- bumpers now. Ha ha ha ha ha -- little -- our cars to be no I don't know what kind of deductible I have how it's well that and then you find out that this is texting now. Didn't Abbas is the general manager of apparently in in the news reports that I have seen on this. Texting is prohibited it's very clear how -- told wired that book will blackened right now he's taken the step further -- even going to be allowed to carry. Yourself which should've in the -- the first one I'm not so sure why I'm not so sure because the my -- my daughters my wife and daughters of convince me that there isn't the there is appropriate. Propriety is a proper use to cellphones and that is from public safety so you could be the operator Don underneath the rules say. No texting no use of that phone wider operator okay but then something is going on. It can be a link to the outside everything all of those."

" Quickly they have radios and stuff yeah they have their communications this morning itself funds for. -- you know it's just something that cannot be trusted is the problem obviously because this guy I was breaking the rules when he leaves something in the public interest here in the safety interest is so compelling. That you can't screw around -- and they shouldn't say that guy shouldn't have been able to have a cellphone in the first what I wish they just had jamming devices in the -- in in the cab yeah so if the drivers trying to use that it would be shut off anyway by the you know would be able to get a signal I don't -- gets singled out there anymore you know -- people gathering on the phone all the time in the in the -- the messages and all the -- area -- brother works -- an object it happens but. I mean and I can actually do my blog from down there in the tunnel -- I've you could I think ha -- How you can if you didn't walk Tom block this hot spot blog and from downtown -- sonic and AM PT yeah. He's -- dot com he's never been heard from again nothing's left blog NCB yet had so why it's it to -- this is totally inappropriate that -- the -- it's inappropriate to -- have a 24 year old if I've tried taxing before on driving -- I generally find myself three lanes over from where it's not true so I gave them up you know I try to. It's it's -- Yeah you're gonna -- all of whom please Heidi you do it you hold that thing up in the windshield. While you type a -- that's the jail. So you're so your -- is still facing toward the road. It don't you find yourself drifting tightly -- I still think he can't do. I you know it's very I'd I'd -- I agree with you Todd I agree with you I mean you really can't figure out -- computer -- the idea what about drive -- He's just have visited Tuesday and no pop pop pop pop -- I need low and yet camp find that my concern about this is that they're gonna they're gonna use the problem with texting is impetus for finally passing an anti cellphone usage while you're driving law now here in Massachusetts I don't want to cellphone used to be messed with. I do think that texting should be part of a larger package of saying he can't drive while distracted. And in and if you're doing any of these things and you crash a car away where reliability is you don't you don't want cellphone use in general -- pro Hillary should get all the talk while you drive you should -- so you don't think that's a distraction from just concert I thank you visit a distraction at all kinds of things -- sequel to by eating cheeseburger having a cup of coffee having a dog in the back of the car then you can make a list a mile -- of things that are equivalent shied away which includes billboards on the side there are. Big message boards that that's that the road authorities will put up for you to read while you're driving down the straighten out that's distracted driving if you're reading their sign that says welcome. To the Tobin Bridge but the please drive careful."

" But the level of it in intrusion on distraction maybe that's the better where the level of distraction. Of the billboard. It is very fundamentally different from you trying to send a text."

" Message while I'm I'm not talking about text messaging I'm talking not talking on the -- the text messaging to meet clearly. You know doing something that takes so much concentration show for such a long period of time. And requires the rise of beef totally focus on something other than wrote that that should not be allowed but. It shouldn't be allowed in a general sense the way to write the legislation is you're not allowed to do things. That distract you substantially from driving and if you doing that while you're driving you cause an accident -- there should be another set of penalties that are heightened for it for the punishment should be what are those other activities. Then following having kids in the car. Having -- in the car hop hop hop -- Op training hard copy may be due by Kyle with a big trunk in just throw the kids while it was an -- this is the rock I want the laws we realistically I don't want them to be. -- what happens at the statehouses guys front on the tool I should write legislation for us -- crash -- Carly is a -- on their -- bet pull away a couple of years ago I was doing the stopper on the air I've I've read some research in a that indicated the largest source of traffic accident causing distraction. Was things on the side of the road. Billboards store signs. Good looking women. I can understand the last soul I commend you want to ban those three things from the -- other. I want one Republican women how does one reasonably. Right legislation. To deal with the truth of what the promise instead of doing knee jerk moron legislating that says cell phones are the new thing. And we know people are distracted sometimes -- I I I saw a woman yesterday. I was waiting to pull out take a left turn across a road where she says she's coming toward me on my left him Inge she's not signaling -- turn so I have to wait because she's gone by me. Then she turns now. I and I look at her she leaned -- talking on the cell throw away -- and he cheated and I was and preparing to give her some kind of vulgar. Expression in my frustration and what I realized she wouldn't even I was doughnut."

" She's oblivious -- absolutely oblivious. Well here's a question Fries and because you know the other guy who now wants -- the cellphone is fine texting is not in touch world cellphone is okay and -- were up. The dialing of those numbers 150 wait to see -- personnel on yourself putting well yes I highly however you do yeah you still have to do ten numbers. You still have to do ten you can telephone."

" And we got up and and by the way you know I'd get away with his slippery little enhance you know this tactic that you -- gave notice I don't really around the let's give this tactic you have agent was -- a country in the numbers ten numbers got -- driving at thirty miles an -- down on the river rodeo Soldiers Field Road which everyone. -- football -- waits to give you couldn't dial phone without even looking. How do you do that because you feel you know where are my idea and -- you know you have your refuel your -- centered on this a little bump on the five yeah -- I think terrorism iPhone let's say yes a little -- thing on the five so I can dial the phone without looking at the phone okay -- his voice activation I don't have any of those -- things -- for use on a black -- you've got a full keyboard on -- Get that thing yeah. Hazard all of the hour I'm just trying to shrink down from the Dell the dells a pain in the neck you don't use you tell your -- 61726660. -- are you a texture. I do you have. Somebody can you at a fires and -- nobody was seriously hurt by the way but we can normally segment that we are going to light the -- accident on Friday night does -- for almost fifty people don't carried out on strike we see how dangerous it. While an end to win there isn't injured dependency winner on the road one person acts like -- hard yes everybody's -- if it's a moron who's driving a team bus or train got a guy driving a tractor trailer and he's Tekzilla. By law six point 72666. Seats exceeds any checks all the time for me sponsor -- then it."

" Check -- private truck. And black and white vehicle it is pretty going to wake up and he's got what short skirt but you get distracted. -- or update all the cleavage. I call it. And respect. Japanese. Car inspected regularly -- that -- distract."

" Hot hot -- I'm not a big some kind of -- all -- different cookie resident is state inspect -- put something over your head on like blinders any that would stop you from walking down that. That would be the best way to do it it did anyone. -- and he's right onto the big as you -- dollar and 66 and this is not taxing he's sexiest ahead this is the season this is there's for the short skirts and yeah Bob and New Hampshire NW RU atomic taught how about."

" Wait till. I'm that's faster without get player. -- I don't care -- solitaire on the cards on the computer. On the computer but at that I have the same -- wake up call it that are trying to get it out because. I think it brought it out. I think we need to go well obviously I've got -- quote."

" US actually plays solitaire on a little hand held device while you drive. But that's sort here's a constant game -- and it's -- you break he needed some of like conventions are you want to whip through a -- opt opt."

" Hello I'm afraid I'm -- I actually think we should -- really would expect like they do in New York. Texting downloading your -- that era it's illegal in New York to drive."

" Yeah but that that law research indicates that it's it's not any issue whether you're holding your phone or not. It should take it right I don't know I am not should that matter I think my common sense and Bob's experience would would say intuitively. The researchers wrong -- inherently we are all right I don't know you do you just described the encounter he had with this were motorist yesterday were waiting patiently and then. No signal and at that then you see a renewed attention that they -- their shoulder thing she scratched up she -- than not she can't operate -- was safely and skill in -- my -- was it that was her psychological condition if you think about women and and having a conversation PR imagine a woman. She's talking to a girlfriend about her date last night yes you know I don't care what. She can have no devices in the car truck if she's talking -- girlfriend and nobody and I sent me she has no idea what's -- as a matter of fact most women I have no idea what's going on on the road any anyway -- even if they're not having a conversation they're not on the phone but it. The fact of her being scratched off when a cell phone to me wasn't about the phone. Physically interfering and it was that she was psychologically given over to this conversation such away. That it did not occur to her that while she was approaching this right turn that I was sitting there watching her approach that she should signal that any -- courtesy she should hit just -- Vinny from his must -- but then he -- out the window at all and plenty of times I'm driving column now -- on the followed Joe gets a certain for all eyes. Again. Yeah but I -- that was about the entire picture I do that without being on the phone now. And I think that's how our brain functions when there's a certain aspect of driving this is no routine dumbest robot the other you -- really you don't give much unconscious mind over to it and because your eyes are on. Your conscious minds available truck when necessary so. Rock can't runs in front and you're alert but you key the key is -- every rise there. If you're -- down blow up the phone while you send text message you're in deep trend is a split second and it's only takes a splits are contrary you know which is amazing how quickly -- two lanes over from where you were it was a moment apparently it's happened market New Hampshire NW -- atomic -- here."

" My question would be what is the state compelling interest in budget. Just waiting lists in a fight it -- I haven't accident because I'm distracted what ever doing I'd paid a price or whether -- turn to our."

" If you drive into me in good and I suffer brain damage in that's something that that I suffer from as well I mean it that's kind of a silly argument -- it. It it this state is running the road system that -- that we have to sign up for as a privileged to take part in right term ended don't they have a compelling need to make it as safe as reasonable."

" They make the rodent papers reasonable operation nodded and responsibility that each of our operating."

" Heidi you feeling about how do you feel about the fact that they are required the installation of air bags or -- dashboards or safety glass windshield our speed limit our speed limits him."

" I understand the speed limit argument I understand that but what I'm saying gee -- you're gonna make this legislation you have to make an entire laundry list of things there distracting. Drinking copy you know looking unlikely like earlier you can't legislate everything."

" Well that's why you have -- number all of that says you're responsible for behaving in a reasonable manner. And if you're driving with a dog jumping around the car that has free -- that's -- reasonable I mean I think we can all make that judgment that you should be driving a -- car. With an ability. That you were not being impaired from your ability to be held operated safely. So we can say they can't be drunk we know that makes you but by the way this also be a -- that's generalized enough that -- intoxicated on some other substances unknown they're that you should -- any -- But if you're too it's."

" Hired a lot warmer I like that suggestion that you. Don't legislate cellphones or texting or whatever -- you do legislate. You get the courts be auctioned to -- penalties if you are intentionally driving while. Doing something."

" Surely if you're behaviors egregious in I mean I think we're on the same wave like mark. I want to generalize law because legislators. Have this lost for making laws whether needed or not or whether appropriate are well cellphones have been around for at least ten years I mean ambien is cautious and concerned -- 1980 I think they came out all right so a lot a lot -- it through the legislature in its last in its alleged last Todd has not been anything on this well they -- congress say it's good because there's a good point there are any number of a long long long laundry list. A potential distractions. These however I mean this green line incidental accident however want to describe it on Friday night just adds emphasis -- now this is by the way. And out into transportation. -- what mechanism that he can't beat to a three lanes over you start from the damn right -- It's straight -- is still this is nothing to look at this is accepts our red light straight ahead just as -- five -- yellow -- hundreds that's right hobeika it was unbelievable couple hundred feet of visibility ahead of them right into the next -- 25. Miles an -- what is it ten -- a steel. Unbelievable that's a lot of momentum will tell me about Wayne and -- and welcome to WRKO."

" Morning guys this morning when. What people bus accident in Newton whether she'd only. Like 26 years old also."

" She was young I don't recall her original one -- I what do you think the age limit should be for driving one of those things."

" I'm sure -- guys that urban driving twentieth thirty years I mean why not go you know and trust. There experience rather -- you know some baby faces."

" Yeah -- where he got out of begin our guy here moving up. Or or woman what would be your threshold minimum age."

" Sorry but it's -- Okay this president."