So you would amend the law so that if a text takes less than 3 seconds it is allowed?
First of all, I would suggest that if reading and responding to a text only takes 2 seconds, it could have waited. But secondly the traffic laws are set so that either most people can follow them; or at least lowest common denominator can. As an example, many people with a newer vehicle could easily handle driving 150 km/h on Stoney. However the speed limit is 100 to account for vehicles that cannot go that fast safely, as well as drivers.
I will also stand by my previous point; the problem with texters being oblivious to the issues they cause is that they are oblivious. Meaning that they often have no idea they are doing anything wrong, and are looking at failing to crash as an indicator of their "safe driving."
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