'Multi-tasking' state senator can't wait for people to pay even less attention to their driving
By adamg - Thu, 11/08/2007 - 12:19pm.
The Globe reports that drivers will soon be able to keep chattering on their cell phones when they enter the Big Dig tunnels and quotes can't-wait-for-it state Senator Michael Morrissey, who admits to "multi-tasking" while barreling up I-93 instead of just paying attention to the road around him.
Andrew Watson notes the uncritical nature of reporter Andrea Estes's account:
... It's good to know that our leaders are aware of the safety issues. But I fear that the Globe will lose Ms Estes to the Onion.
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Grow up, hang up, and drive
It's just another example of our culture of "I deserve to do whatever I want, whenever I want, regardless of how it effects others, simply because I desire to."
A recent study found that cell-phone using drivers (even those using hands-free devices) fared worse than drunk drivers in tests of reaction time and concentration.
Personally, I can't tell you how many times I've witnessed a car plow through a red light and into a pedestrian-filled intersection only to find the diver chatting away on their phone, and angrily gesturing at the people they nearly killed moments earlier.
Morrissey hates safe drivers?
Safe drivers sign off their phones when they're getting into messy traffic, but Morrissey is telling them that they're hurting the state's economy when they do that. Lovely.
Heaven Knows He's Miserable Now
Sorry; couldn't resist.