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Morality Tale

Rob's punished for texting while driving, by being rear-ended by someone who was texting while driving. It's a morality tale...

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By Rob Long • Apr 2, 2014 • 3m Listen

Hollywood is such a deeply amoral place that it's a rare treat to come face-to-face with a genuine, undeniable morality tale. But when you do – as I did one morning this week – you have to make the most of it. It's illegal to send text messages while driving. While I know on a deep, fundamental level that this makes sense, I nevertheless often catch myself sneaking peeks at my text messages and emails while cruising along at sixty miles per hour on the local highways...

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