The punishment for texting and driving. amirite?

Or make it way more punishable for texting and driving. A small punishment like this is nothing compared to what they could cause.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

This is more of an unconstitutional opinion.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Yea, it does feel like cruel and unusual punishment.

by Moenisabelle 3 days ago

I was thinking more along the lines of no person shall be "deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law..." which is part of the 5th amendment. It might be a 4th amendment search and seizure problem as well. They'd have to give you a hearing or maybe at least get a warrant signed by a judge before they can drop your phone.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Definitely a due process issue but even ignoring that, why not...just take the phone? Unless OP thinks that potentially destroying it doesn't just pose the exact same constitutional issues that confiscation would.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

How is it cruel?

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Have you ever watched your phone fall to the ground, not knowing if it'll break or not? That is cruel.

by Moenisabelle 3 days ago

It's Texas, what do you expect?

by Odd_Consequence 3 days ago

Indeed. Violates the 4th and 8th amendments at the least. Definitely shouldn't be implemented in any way shape or form. Does serve well enough for me to explain how much texting and driving pisses me off.

by RiverSerious 3 days ago

I'm with you. And all we got to do is get 2/3rds of the Senate, 2/3 of the House of Representatives, and 3/4ths of the States to agree and voila, we've got ourselves a 28th amendment that dropping cell phones onto pavement is a legitimate punishment for texting and driving.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

We have this thing called the Constitution that would mean you have the right to defend yourself in court. So, no. I'm well aware a lot of the Constitution is under attack these days, and Texas in particular seems to think said Constitution is only for rich white dudes but, no. That's not how that works OP

by Odd_Consequence 3 days ago

We need to adopt some Singaporean justice lol

by Hopeful-Chicken 3 days ago

"I'm okay with authorities destroying private property if it gets people to comply." My my that's a slippery slope you're on there.

by Sibyl61 3 days ago

Hey man it was your statement, just with fewer words.

by Sibyl61 3 days ago

We have the best drivers in the world because jail

by schmittdillon 3 days ago

perhaps the insurance companies enacting .. if you crash or are ticketed while texting. we are going to double your insurance rates every time.. is it still if you drive drunk your car insurance does not cover everything in accidents.. i don't drink. but that is my choice after growing up and loosing so many friends to drunk driving.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Im glad in the areas of texas ive lived its seemed to be ages better than the late 2000's. These days i normally see texters (or scrollers) at red lights and not while actively driving.

by janelle69 3 days ago

It's almost a $600 fine for texting and driving where I live plus points off your license. I still see people do it all the time.

by OkCamp9618 3 days ago

I personally think it should be punished the same a DUI is.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Nah, they should just impound the phone and the car. Make the person find a ride and pay a big fine to get them back

by Anonymous 3 days ago

If they did this we wouldn't have any doordash drivers and people would be afraid to use it in case of a emergency

by broderick67 3 days ago

I think we should have an aptitude test with this. Give a professional stunt driver a 100/100 in the test and you the average driver a 50/100. Anything higher than a 60/100, you can text and drive.

by Loud-Course 3 days ago

Narrow framed opinion. If people want to get distracted, they will get distracted, there is nothing they can do, there are another 10 ways to take your focus off the road, but those are not legally regulated

by Anonymous 3 days ago

So your solution to all problems is to shrug and say it is what it is????

by RiverSerious 3 days ago