Happy Monday afternoon! Does it feel like it's officially fall to anyone else? Up here near Boston, the air is crisp and delicious ... perfect day to talk about driving!

Ford has stepped forward as the first automaker to favor legislation banning texting while driving. Yay. This is not going to help your profit, Ford.

I hate situations where common sense needs to be legislated. It's a waste of political time and taxpayer money. Just don't do it, you morons. Texting while driving is the dumbest thing ever. Spoken from someone who has actually gotten into an accident because of my cell phone. (Though, in my case, the phone slipped off the seat and was ringing. When I bent to get it, the car ahead of me slammed on their brakes. Could've happened to anyone :) )

It's not like I'm against the ban -- I'm just against the waste of resources.

You want to know what a more pressing issue is to me than texting while driving? Elderly folks who need a walker to walk and glasses as thick as coke bottles to see clearly. These people cause more accidents and pose more of a threat to drivers of all ages than the few moronic losers who can't wait to pull over to a gas station to chat with someone.

If you'll allow me my rant ... I was in a DMV a few weeks ago, and some old woman needed help standing and someone to lead her over to the place where they take your license pictures. After all the help, the stood her against the wall, clicked a pic and gave her a new license. I was fuming. Then, a day of two later, an elderly woman was shuffling along out of Trader Joe's pushing her cart. I had enough time to go inside, dawdle over picking out my dessert, pay and walk back to my car before she had walked the 50 feet to hers. She started it up and almost hit another car.

This is as serious an issue facing commuters and normal drivers as texting while driving. I don't want a uniform ban once you reach a certain age, but mandatory driver's test (while being held to the same standards as a 16-year-old) every year or so would be more prudent than, say, a silly law saying you can't use your phone's keypad while in the car.

Do you have thoughts on this most recent development in the fight to take away our phones? Or, do you want to sound off on bad drivers? Email me at ByteSized@captivate.com and let me know!