As more issues are being raised these days about appropriate uses of technology and social media, there are some that should be obvious at this point. Less than two weeks after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger outlawed texting for California drivers, a new report has come out revealing that the engineer driving the commuter train that crashed September 12th, sent a text message 22-seconds before the crash. The accident killed 25 people and injured 130 others.
I salute Gov. Schwarzenegger for his steps towards protecting people, but no amount of laws will cover every circumstance. Common sense should be our first line of defense when thinking about appropriate uses for how we use all the tools that the social media world is bringing us.