Comments about ‘UVU student urging drivers to stop texting and phoning’

I'm sorry that it took a girl to do a report on this to get her to see how stupid it is. Cell phone are honestly one of the biggest distractions. We don't need them, but they are messing so many peoples lives.

I am glad to see her taking a stand and that the adds via the cell phone co.s are having an affect.
I have seen it all doring my 28 yrs of driving but texting is the worse thing I have seen. Heads down, no hands on the wheel, no attention to the road or other cars at all. Kudos to her!

I like that the banners will be seen mostly by people who take the bus.

Jalise, I'm glad someone is taking this problem seriously! Keep up the good work.

Thank goodness someone is doing something pro-active about this problem. Good job! Now for all you dumb-bums out there still texting and driving -- please stop -- don't kill me with your dangerous behavior.

Texting and driving is idiotic. Good for her to have these ads. Isn't it also now illegal to text while you drive?

People will try to look for other cars out of their peripheral vision while texting but they forget about the jogger or Bike rider that isn't as obvious.

On a bus bench!? Who approved this marketing campaign? Put them on a billboard, on bumper stickers, anywhere but a bus bench. I can't tell you the last time I read a bus bench while driving.

Should be against the law in all 50 states!

There are ways to combat this habit (cell phone jammers) but its going to take some legislative action by federal government to put a stop to it. The cell phone companies have taken it to the FCC that jammers are interfering with communications and as the law reads, we cannot interfere with broadcast communications.

So what has to be done is change the FCC rules in order to control the use of cell phones while driving. This is why states, business, and schools cannot ban or pass laws when and how cell phones are used. It's why the law also prohibits cell phone jammers. A cell phone jammer installed in a running vehicle would save many lives.

The real culprit is road and public safety when using cell phones are the service providers, after all they get paid with every call or text message and don't care about our lives. You never see an ad from them to not use cell phones while driving or doing dangerous work. We need to force the FCC to change the laws and rules so cell phones can be regulated on use.

SO when do we have to have UVU students to tell us when to quit texting, We all ready hear it on the news, and from the Media, and everyone else, So why hear it from UVU students now They are all over Billboards, and every where else,I know that they are trying to help, Give it a break,

The research studies from the dude at the U who provides much of the ammo against cell phone use while driving is biased. Read them, and not just the headlines the press pulls from the abstracts.

Having said that, I agree that texting while operating a vehicle that is moving is a distraction to most people. Yes, I said "most" because there are some people (I'm not one of them) who can text without looking at their phone and can multi-task efficiently enough to drive safely. Should the rest of us be able to text while waiting 60-90 seconds at a major intersection's red light? The scenarios are broad and diverse and while it is easier to just ban all of them, let's leave the hysteria out of the equation, like the previous commenter who basically said "cell phones are bad." That's like saying the Internet is bad.

Don't text if it is going to distract your driving. Don't do anything that is going to distract or inhibit your driving ability.

I'm not sure how much longer we can treat drunk driving as the gold standard of dangerous driving behavior for purposes of demonizing other behaviors as "more dangerous" or "just as dangerous" without starting to overpenalize and overenforce the other, supposedly more dangerous behaviors.

If cell-phoning, texting, and drowsy driving are as dangerous as drunk driving, it is just wrong to ruin someone's life over a DUI while equally bad behavior results in a slap on the wrist or is not even illegal!

@uncannygunman

You make good points, but until there is a breath test for texting and drowsiness, the reality is drunk driving more readily enforced.

But you are right, we have to stop these idiots. I see people texting from the driver's seat everyday now.

As further evidence of their selfishness and total lack of character, they get bent out of shape if you honk and try to get them to stop.

You can spin it however you want to. The bottom line is making it against the law to text and drive will save a few lives. Maybe yours.

The law will not stop everyone from texting and driving but if it makes a few people think twice when they go to reach for their phone while they're driving, the law has done some good.

Nice job Jalise! I've seen the billboard on I-15 in Murray and some of the bus stop signs in Provo. Great message! I hope these ding dong's will wake up and realize how dangerous it is to text or talk while driving. Thanks for your effort. I hope that some how your message can get to an even broader audience.

Woohoo! Go Jalise! You are making a difference in our world. You should be twins! Oh, wait...

You will save lives with this project and message. Thanks for caring and doing something about it. The world needs more proactive people like you!