Quote Originally Posted by MarkCO View Post
Problem is, like drunks, these idiots often kill innocents as well. They don't think, don't care, or don't realize the consequences of their actions.

If your spouse/child, was killed by a drunk, would you be pissed? What if your spouse/child was killed by a driver not paying attention because they were texting, eating a burrito, changing stations on the radio, doing their make-up? How are any of these deliberate actions that remove their attention from the operation of a MV any different? If I could be sure that the idiot would maim/kill him/herself, then sure, I have little issue with it.

Having seen firsthand the pain of a family where a parent was killed because a 54 year old truck driver could not resist watching porn while driving, or the 8 year old ground to hamburger by a 17 year old girl who could not resist the text from her boyfriend...Both are still living with their families, their victims are not.

MV deaths due to drugs and alcohol has been on a decline the last several years, but it is being outpaced by driver inattention due to media.

Pure selfishness to not pay attention while driving...the willingness to take someone else's life so you can play with your phone while driving, or drive drunk...all the same, and all pathetic.
Would I be upset? Of course. I'd be crushed. Just because I'm crushed it doesn't give me the duty to take liberties from others as if it would have saved them. Chances are it wouldn't have. That's life. As long as you're alive there's only one other option and there's a million ways for it to happen so living is inherently dangerous. Not every death needs to be followed by sweeping laws to make something common illegal. Using your examples are we going to make burritos, listening to the radio and make-up illegal? After all, if it saves just one child's life.. it's worth it, right? Man... this is sure sounding ironically familiar to something we generally despise on our gun forum.

I'm glad you brought up DUI... have we REALLY made a dent in alcohol related injury accidents as a result of more strict DUI laws?

The bottom line is that driving is dangerous business and the focus should be on the action... not the tool. Once again, sounds awfully familiar... right?