Another Kindle-related distracted driver story

[cegrundler]

That is truly disturbing. Seriously, the technology is there to prevent this nonsense. We retrofited my daughter's old Mustang with a bluetooth enabled stereo that links to her cellphone; it cost $130. My Jetta came that way; my phone could be buried in luggage and the car will route the call through the speakers. Yet I see people in high end luxury cars with phones in their hands... WHY? 

I think the laws should be far stricter; not only driving while distracted but also driving while oblivious. Too many drivers are so out of touch with actually driving. Last weekend I witnessed something that still boggles my mind. On the road in front of me is one of these modified Hondas, all silly spoilers and super skinny rubber-band tires, with a muffler that looks like a coffee can and makes that annoying rattley whine. But something’s not right, and I could see his right rear tire ISN’T. There’s a few shreds of tread flopping around, other than that he’s driving on the aluminum rim. Doing 40! But he’s slowing, has his blinker on, so I figure he knows something’s wrong and he’s pulling over, (though it takes a lot of driving to reduce your tire to mere rim). I pull alongside (there’s four lanes at that point) to signal him, but he doesn’t pull over… he pulls onto the Garden State Parkway!!!!

[Patra]

Just proves you can't legislate stupid.  Reading while driving should get your license taken away.

[BTackitt]

as long as they they tag all of the women who put on makeup, ANYONE who texts, watches movies on those indash screens. etc... A LOT of drivers should just give up their licenses.