07-31-2013, 07:15 PM
I'm politely going to disagree that you have to right to tell me to stop doing something that isn't hurting you.
And I'm politely and very pointedly saying that preventing somebody from hurting me or any of the aforementioned in my previous post is the price paid by people who think they can use a cellphone and drive safely.
The price paid is too much. Any distraction that causes poor driving should be dealt with. But collisions caused by talking on cellphones are epidemic compared to other distractions (not impairments like drugs or alcohol).
People trot out eating and putting on makeup, etc as "Why not those?????" when they aren't nearly as pervasive as drivers distracted by their phones. When a condition becomes so rampant, something proactive has to be done.
"I've very careful when I 'phone' and drive" just isn't enough. Reacting to the problem only when there is a collision or injury is unacceptable. That was the modus for drunk drivers for years.
Yeah, laws don't stop stupid people. And they don't stop people who think they're a lot smarter than they are. But properly implemented, they go a long way towards preventing injury and death because not everybody is stupid or not as smart as they think they are.
We wouldn't need them if the two aforementioned groups only hurt or killed themselves. But no such luck.
his actual phone call does not appear to be the cause of the crash.
Agreed.
And I'm politely and very pointedly saying that preventing somebody from hurting me or any of the aforementioned in my previous post is the price paid by people who think they can use a cellphone and drive safely.
The price paid is too much. Any distraction that causes poor driving should be dealt with. But collisions caused by talking on cellphones are epidemic compared to other distractions (not impairments like drugs or alcohol).
People trot out eating and putting on makeup, etc as "Why not those?????" when they aren't nearly as pervasive as drivers distracted by their phones. When a condition becomes so rampant, something proactive has to be done.
"I've very careful when I 'phone' and drive" just isn't enough. Reacting to the problem only when there is a collision or injury is unacceptable. That was the modus for drunk drivers for years.
Yeah, laws don't stop stupid people. And they don't stop people who think they're a lot smarter than they are. But properly implemented, they go a long way towards preventing injury and death because not everybody is stupid or not as smart as they think they are.
We wouldn't need them if the two aforementioned groups only hurt or killed themselves. But no such luck.
his actual phone call does not appear to be the cause of the crash.
Agreed.