blandry (6/7/2010)
Take it all for granted? Consider...We have been fighting in Iraq for 8 years, with 6,000 Americans now dead.
In ONE year, 6,000 Americans died on our roadways directly attributable to people texting AND talking on Cell phones while driving. The source for that - the NTSB, look it up if you don't believe it.
We have invented technology that gets used for useless purposes and it kills more Americans than die in a war. And what do we do about it? Squat...
We have technological wonders like Television that could educate our populous - what do we do with it? American Idol, Lost, reality shows - we dumb down our populous and continue to raise generations or witless couch potatoes.
Take technology for granted? No - we are doing much worse than just that... We are building the perfect Idiocracy.
I must say I agree. in the South Florida I-95 corridor it was rated today as the #1 most dangerous road in the country. The major reason cited was distracted drivers using cell phones when they should be concentrating on driving. I-95's rate was 1.73 fatal accidents per mile in Florida for the five-year period from 2004 through 2008. Technology, unfortunately isn't always a leap ahead for alot of people.:-D
"Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"