Well, you can tell him that First Lady of California Maria Shriver got busted for doing it, so it's only a matter of time before they catch him.
Let's pause for a moment to think about how that probably went down.
Cop: Gov. Schwarzenegger, we caught your wife texting and driving.
Gov. Schwarzenegger: Ja, Ja. Is not problem, right? (Gestures towards the Conan the Barbarian sword he actually keeps in his office.)
Cop: No problem at all! I'll just be shredding this evidence now, Mr. Governator.
But, yeah, he needs to stop doing that. I'll give you a for instance: I have an older uncle who refuses to wear seatbelts. He's lived this long and never worn a seatbelt, and doesn't want to change. Fine, whatever. But if he's in the car with me, he wears the seatbelt or he goes nowhere. Tell your husband you won't be in the car with him, or let the kids be in the car, unless he turns off his phone. Insist on driving (particularly if the kids are in the car). It's too dangerous. At the very least, he's going to get a ticket just for "LOLing" to his pals.
What is he texting that is so important he can't wait until he stops operating a motor vehicle? Unless he's texting AAA to get a tow truck to pick you all up, there is zero reason to be putting his family and other drivers in danger. If you're stuck in a traffic jam, fine. But once the car is moving, put it away. Have a family conversation. Mellow out to some NPR. (They can make even the tragedy in Darfur soothing.) Or maybe, I don't know, focus on driving.
Meanwhile, make sure you're practicing what you preach. Don't fix your eyeshadow while driving. Try not to take calls unless it's an emergency. Don't reach in the backseat to hand your kids a snack or separate them when they're fighting. He won't take you seriously if you're driving while downing a Frappuccino, talking to your mom on the phone and yelling at the kids all while Lady Gaga warbles about a "disco stick" on the radio.
What do you guys think? Does texting while driving make you want to channel your inner terrible stand-up comedian? "What's the deal with texting on the road? Am I right, folks?"
Let's pause for a moment to think about how that probably went down.
Cop: Gov. Schwarzenegger, we caught your wife texting and driving.
Gov. Schwarzenegger: Ja, Ja. Is not problem, right? (Gestures towards the Conan the Barbarian sword he actually keeps in his office.)
Cop: No problem at all! I'll just be shredding this evidence now, Mr. Governator.
But, yeah, he needs to stop doing that. I'll give you a for instance: I have an older uncle who refuses to wear seatbelts. He's lived this long and never worn a seatbelt, and doesn't want to change. Fine, whatever. But if he's in the car with me, he wears the seatbelt or he goes nowhere. Tell your husband you won't be in the car with him, or let the kids be in the car, unless he turns off his phone. Insist on driving (particularly if the kids are in the car). It's too dangerous. At the very least, he's going to get a ticket just for "LOLing" to his pals.
What is he texting that is so important he can't wait until he stops operating a motor vehicle? Unless he's texting AAA to get a tow truck to pick you all up, there is zero reason to be putting his family and other drivers in danger. If you're stuck in a traffic jam, fine. But once the car is moving, put it away. Have a family conversation. Mellow out to some NPR. (They can make even the tragedy in Darfur soothing.) Or maybe, I don't know, focus on driving.
Meanwhile, make sure you're practicing what you preach. Don't fix your eyeshadow while driving. Try not to take calls unless it's an emergency. Don't reach in the backseat to hand your kids a snack or separate them when they're fighting. He won't take you seriously if you're driving while downing a Frappuccino, talking to your mom on the phone and yelling at the kids all while Lady Gaga warbles about a "disco stick" on the radio.
What do you guys think? Does texting while driving make you want to channel your inner terrible stand-up comedian? "What's the deal with texting on the road? Am I right, folks?"
Yes, just having his wife and kids in the car with him can be distracting while driving. He definitely should NOT be texting. I absolutely agree with your answer, either she should be driving, or she should refuse to ride or let the kids ride with him unless he puts that phone away.
A study recently found texting while driving to be more likely to cause an accident than driving drunk. NPR said it; it must be true. Or maybe they just want us all to stop texting and listen to their pledge drive.
Show him this video. (Not for the faint of heart.)
Oh my god. Well now I'm going to have nightmares, and the baby's face is going to be that of my new nephew Jack.
Jesus Cary. Jesus.
Thanks for the response. And that video is awful - but maybe the kick in the butt he needs!
Thanks for the answers... I've seen that video. It is terrifying.
I don't understand why everyone seems so calm about a guy texting while his kids are in the car with him? What kind of backbone do you have, that you can tell your husband to stop it, or reach over and throw the stupid phone out the window. Do you just lose your motherly instincts becuase their father is sitting in a car next to them.
Plus who the hell is he texting, god for a safe ride home?
wtf. I can't stand when people are texting while im having lunch, or trying to interact face to face with them and getting nothing becuase of texting.
Shoot I'd be more than happy to call the police the next time your husband is texting and driving....Just give me your license plate. I have a 3 month old baby boy....really don't want to run into your husband on the road becuase of his lack of safetly or the wife's for that matter.
Sorry to sound mean...but I'm not.
Nick,
I don't think ( Don't reach in the backseat to hand your kids a snack or separate them when they're fighting. Downing a Frappuccino,and yelling at the kids all while Lady Gaga warbles about a "disco stick" on the radio)
hold the same dangerous significance as texting and driving, especially if texting and driving is worse than drinking and driving.
Eye on the road is your point I understand.
**What kind of backbone do you have, that you CAN'T tell your husband to stop it**
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I have the same problem, only my boyfriend with me in the car and I do tell him to stop... over and over again! We even fight about it till i cry and still nope.
I have the same problem, only my boyfriend with me in the car and I do tell him to stop... over and over again! We even fight about it till i cry and still nope.