[Tommy]

• We would seldom need seatbelts if all drivers drove safely and defensively all the time.
• All drivers don't drive safely and defensively all the time.
• Mandatory restraint systems and seatbelt laws attempt to compensate for the fact that many drivers don't drive as they should.
• I doubt we will be any more successful in stopping many drivers from texting and checking mail than we have been in getting them to drive safely.
• As with mandatory restraint systems that beep endlessly if you don't use them, I believe the ultimate solution lies in technology rather than changing human behavior.
• I think all cars should have a dead zone around the driver in which cell phones and similar devices will not work.
• If the driver wants to pull over, slide over to the right side and send a text, that's fine with me.