

"Nobody is going to listen," says teen












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By chruschef on 12/11/2009 6:29:01 PM , Rating: 2
while your idea is good, there simply isn't an effective way of getting to that in the US. T-mobile, and virgin mobile, tried to have pay as you go type deals but they've flopped entirely. for some reasons, americans don't like talk as you go.

imo, i think that a technological solution should be employed, like us humans have been doing for a long time. Negative incentives usually aren't quite as effective as positive incentives. the newer ford cars use a the microsoft sync stuff, a simple text to speech program could allow you to hear text messages; and then respond by speaking to the car. this probably wouldn't be a problem, because people who text and drive usually don't do it with other people in the car. (Because they'd probably feel guilty of texting and driving at the same time.)

Just to add, teens texting and driving? Yeah right. I have only seen adults texting and driving, never teenagers. though there are definitely teenagers who do, but i think the number of violators is vastly over estimated.

