Anvil Graphics Blog

I worry very much about people driving cars and texting or talking on the phone, it is foolish and dangerous. Most of us can barely be dialing a number without hitting something or driving off the road. So now there is a new menace behind the wheel: People trying to operate and follow their GPS mapping system. I am the first too admit that GPS systems are way cool and can serve a great purpose to drivers. The problem is that people are driving and trying to fool around with this thing. Recently I was in north Denver in an area I was unfamiliar. I had a good folded map, but that still required a quick stop to fold it into a small package and to study the turns ahead. I submit that a GPS unit would best be operated with the same quick stop. People just don’t multitask as well as they think, and driving is getting more and more dangerous because people are doing all these different activities while trying to drive. Lets face it: It is hard to tune the radio, drink a coffee, text a friend, put an address into GPS, eat a sandwich, slap the kid in the backseat, apply make-up, sort coupons, check out the hotty in the next car over, read online headlines and still maintain any control over a moving 2500 lb battering ram. We all are just not that talented (yea I know, you are different – probably the same guy texting while tailgating me at 78 mph). Relax, take it easy, arrive alive, it is more fun that way.