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Rickie Williams: On highway safety, progress & steps backward Writer remembers how the third brake light reduced his father's body shop business in Arkansas. But his dad has found that texting while driving has more than made up for it. He writes: 'Mr Fudge is correct. Folks today are so spoiled with their toys and deem them so "necessary" that many are losing their lives as a result. Is that text message or that phone call really THAT important?' - RICKIE WILLIAMS About: Comments re article 74380 Billy Joe Fudge Spare the rod spoil the child commentary Click on headline for complete commentary By Rickie Williams I think that Mr Fudge has done an excellent job of assessing the situation. In 1986 it became a Federal mandate that all vehicles sold in America be equipped with a CHMSL...know to us commonly as the third brake light. My dad in Arkansas has operated an auto body shop and wrecker service since 1962. Once in the early 1990's I was reading one of his trade magazines and found an article stating that the third brake light had severely lowered the number of rear end collisions. I questioned dad about the findings in the article and he said he agreed. Now move forward to sometime in 2014. I asked dad about how people texting while driving had affected his business. He said that it had MORE than made up for any loss of business associated with the third brake light. Mr Fudge is correct. Folks today are so spoiled with their toys and deem them so "necessary" that many are losing their lives as a result. Is that text message or that phone call really THAT important? - Rickie Williams This story was posted on 2015-04-06 09:50:24
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