Well,  Duuuuuuuuh!

The New York Times ran an article on how it is apparently dangerous to send SMS while doing something else, such as walking in the street, driving a car, or driving a train.  Apparently, the recent train crash in LA happened while the train engineer was sending and receiving SMS.

It seems that we can no longer expect that we can think for ourselves.  All our actions and decisions have to be regulated.  I would have thought that it is only sensible that people should pay close attention to a task at hand when operating heavy equipment or doing something risky.  But no, we have to be told not to drive and SMS, not to walk and SMS, sheeeeeeesh.

I would like to catch all people who SMS while doing other risky things, put them in the same room, and ask who among them refuse to think for themselves about such an obvious thing as not sending SMS while driving.  Those who refuse will get free brain surgery by a surgeon who is sending and receiving SMS while opening up their skulls and mucking about.

Anyone who is surprised to find himself in the middle of the road about to be hit by a vehicle because she or he was sending SMS while walking deserves to be roadkill.  That person ranks right up there with people who join Fear Factor as candidates for Darwinian extinction!