Texting While Driving

It's really hard to take this society seriously sometimes.

I'm probably doing my blood pressure no favors but below, you'll find the comment I left when I came across someone's posting about Gov. Aaanold Schwarzenegger's signing into law of a "texting ban" (in case it doesn't make it through comment moderation). Though it was written in anger/disbelief and does regrettably use the word "retard" for effect, I think I propose a decent idea.

First, here is the original post, on a blog about traffic, maintained by Steve Hymon at the LA Times.

Texting banned while driving
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has started to sign bills now that the budget standoff is over. The big one today is a bill that -- gasp! -- makes it illegal to text-message while driving in the Golden State.
The two laws that banned holding a cellphone to your ear and driving overlooked text messaging because the cellphone part was hard enough to get through a Legislature that has fattened itself on campaign donations from cellphone providers over the years. The public reaction to that lapse helped spur this bill, which some folk may suggest is pure common sense.
The bill was written by State Sen. Joe Simitian, who also authored the cellphone ban. First offense is $76. Schwarzenegger's comment, via press release: "Banning electronic text messaging while driving will keep drivers' hands on the wheel and their eyes on the road, making our roadways a safer place for all Californians."

It is amazing that we live in a society so ignorant that you'd actually need to ban this. LA people are particularly homicidally self absorbed. It's amazing that you get points on your license for speeding, but a piddly little fine for using a phone while driving. Thanks Mobilephone lobbyists and idiot citizens!

And wouldn't you know it, half the comments actually support texting while driving.
I'd say fine, there should be a special, cemented off, separated lane for you retards and your phone and your texting--that way you assume the risk and slowly kill each other off like Darwinian bumper cars.

The icing on the cake is that it was banned by Arnold S., the Terminator. 20 years ago, if you'd told me this scenario would come to pass , I'd of died laughing. Now I just get to look forward to one of you morons killing me with your car. If only I loved irony as much as my life.

I should have added, offer the demonic cell phone companies that have cunningly burrowed their way into a society where no one used to have to call anyone all the time the opportunity to pay for the building and maintenance of these special lanes. Let them text away, in a special lane designed just for them! You could get other corporations to sponsor them too, perhaps sell cigarettes, insurance and liquor at the rest stops, with special wreck lanes with tow service access. I doubt texting chatting folks would mind this arrangement, having to dodge other seriously impaired drivers who think nothing of putting their loved ones and themselves in fatal situations, since it's their right to do this, and the government has no right to stop them. Right?