Sen. Doug Henry On ‘The Twitter’

By Kleinheider Posted on April 2, 2009 at 2:10 pm

Sen. Doug Henry on the difference between a QWERTY keyboard and a standard numeric telephone keypad and other things during a debate over a ban on texting while driving.

“Mr. Chairman, now with the seatbelt business, I opposed it then and I oppose it now because its not the state’s business if I want to spill myself all over the highway. Ah, but with the Twitter, he hinders me, he’s liable to have a wreck. He’s driving down the road, twittering, and I’m trying to drive in the lane and here he come.

Now I think the distinction between the two is that the first one you infringe upon my liberty. The second one is an infringement on my person by a fellow citizen…

….Now I wouldn’t recommend it, but I can keep my eye on the road and also dial a number on this one. But I defy you, even if you’ve got the eyes of a buzzard, to make a message on this and keep your eyes on the road.

Now if you’re a court reporter or something and trained in the Querty keyboard, do that for a living you can, but if you’re just an average driver who tries to go down the road and punch out a message on this thing you can’t do it.”

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