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Cell Phones while driving should be banned. I have seen people swerving all over the highway while chatting on the cellphone. I have never seen someone do that while eating a cheeseburger.
THen simply pull over to the side of the road when you make your call.
Not always a reasonable decision, if there is a situation on the phone and one at the office.
Why don't you just follow the law instead of blaming the police for enforcing it. Do you think you are somehow better than the cops are?
It's a matter of degree. If we eliminate automobiles, I guarantee that lives will be saved. Should we eliminate automobiles?
I can understand this, and I am not advocating that using one's cell phone for absolutely anything is fine. The optimal driving situation is one where the driver is alone, there are no distractions, and the driver is fully alert. It would be nice if we all strove towards this optimum, but it is not always possible. I certainly support reducing distractions, but elimination is ill-advised and not possible.
Cell phone bans ON THE ROAD is designed to protect innocent people.
Driving on the roads is NOT a right.
Banning talking on a cell phone while a motor vehicle is in motion is perfectly reasonable.
I drive a stick-shift.
I have to take one hand off of the wheel to drive.
What about operating a window? Turning on the headlights?
For that matter, how do you make turns without taking a hand off of the wheel?
Again, that's the surrogate story.
Politicians frequently use "public health" and "for the children" arguments generate public support for increasing government's reach.
If the government were genuinely concerned with public health on the road, they would pass legislation which addressed ALL distractions. The fact that they focus on cell phone use makes me want to investigate the politicians who sponsored the bill to see what financial interests they have in OnStar, BlueTooth and similar.
I put 40K to 50K miles a year on my work vehicle and 2000 to 3000 minutes a month on my cell phone talking to customers as I drive around town. Obviously, these two activities overlap.
The first and last time I caused an accident was in 1987, long before cell phones were invented, when I ran a stop sign and got broadsided.
So, tell me again why using a cell phone while driving should be banned?
Oh, I remember: The state budget is in the red so they have to conjure some new "crimes" into existence so they can balance their budget on the backs of honest workingmen who are just trying to do their jobs. That was it!
I agree. If I had a dime for every time someone tried to bolster their obviously weak argument with drippy emotional appeals - it's for the sake of the children! - I would buy myself a steak dinner with all those dimes.
If Debate Politics had audio, I could accompany the posts in this thread with my violin - at least that would drown out all the sobbing over those poor, innocent children.
Obviously, banning cell phones is just another scam, no different than the recent "crime" of having a decorative frame around one's license plate. The state's budget is in the red and they are frantic to think of things they can outlaw so they can score some more money off the working people.
That's all it is. So please don't insult my intelligence with maudlin references to "the children" or "public health" or any of such ****. I know when I'm being scammed.
How often have you seen someone eating a cheeseburger when driving? When I see someone eating or drinking while they drive, they are often all over the road.
Well hell, let's ban 60 year olds from the road. Let's ban teenagers too, and officers that talk on the radio while driving. Let's ban women because they fluff their hair and paint on makeup while driving. Let's ban CD receivers because people listen to music.Yes cell phone use while driving should be banned. Acording to studies that I have seen it makes a teen driver drive as bad as a 60 year old.
And yes eating while driving should be banned also. Whenever I go to a fast food resturant like BK I will go park the car while I eat or wait until I get home to eat.
While driving your whole attention should be on driving. Not on anything else.
Do you believe there should be a ban on cell phones while driving?
If this is done then fast food drive-ups should be banned because eating while driving is on the same plane (level).
This coincides with my belief of the "evolution of laws and the snowball effect"!
Yes cell phone use while driving should be banned. Acording to studies that I have seen it makes a teen driver drive as bad as a 60 year old.
And yes eating while driving should be banned also. Whenever I go to a fast food resturant like BK I will go park the car while I eat or wait until I get home to eat.
While driving your whole attention should be on driving. Not on anything else.
When waiting at traffic signals, I'm amazed at how many times around me I see people totally absorbed in their cell phone conversations. I suppose those are really important calls like "I'm going to stop by the grocery on my way home...do you want anything from there?...wait a minute..let me get my list and pencil..."
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I think you saw where I wrote : "I forgot about the new laws" and where i wrote : "Ministry of traffic made those laws to protect us" so dont try to turn the facts upside down.
Obviously, banning cell phones is just another scam, no different than the recent "crime" of having a decorative frame around one's license plate.
By introducing these people to what a text message is, this scenario can be avoided.
See? Education, not legislation, is the answer.
But then you had rather disparaging thoughts regarding the police.
texting while driving is also illegal in CA and probably other states.
Its just a word we use : Damn cops, you want me to Eulogizes him while he made me a fine ?!
By introducing these people to what a text message is, this scenario can be avoided.
See? Education, not legislation, is the answer.
Sure, eulogize, apologize, offer him your first daughter... :mrgreen:
I voted against it.
I seriously don't get it, not even a little bit. I drove an ambulance while having to man two - three different radios, lights, siren, talk to my partner, and dodge traffic at high speeds. I seriously don't see how talking on a cell phone increases any risk of anything, it makes no sense. The only way to be consistent would be to ban speaking AT ALL in a vehicle; To the adult passengers, to the children you're carting around, or even singing with the songs on the radio, etc. Otherwise, it just makes no sense whatsoever.
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