# New York State wide ban on texting while driving **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [November 2, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-york-state-wide-ban-on-texting-while-driving/248054 "2009-11-02T21:07:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 112
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-york-state-wide-ban-on-texting-while-driving/248054/112 "2013-06-18T11:54:16Z")
> [@pure rice!!!!!!!!!!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pure-rice/53005/3): > > Not the greatest logic here. Theres plenty of people who make it home safely from driving buzzed/drunk every weekend…until the one time they dont. Im not saying texting is a bad as driving drunk just pointing out that your prior success is not an indicator that it is a safe activity. I’m not denying that it isn’t safe. It’s not. But neither is 100 other things we do behind the wheel like pick our nose, change the radio station, look at the navigation screen to see the map, look in the rear view mirror (hell, in that split second, something in front of you could happen). We ALL do things that could be ‘bad’. My point is that A LOT of things are as dangerous or more dangerous than texting. Punishing the entire population due to the inability of _some_ (I wouldn’t even say majority) of people to multi-task even remotely behind the wheel is stupid. It’s an attempt to increase revenue behind the facade of ‘safety’. Just like tint tickets and license plate tickets. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it :lol. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-york-state-wide-ban-on-texting-while-driving/248054)._