As well, cell phones should be limited in the stores just as a matter of courtesy to others.
That excludes the elitist Critter in the limousine.
So, people who *can* walk and chew gum at the same time — or drive and talk at the same time, or drive, talk, eat a hamburger, drink a coke, and smoke a cigar at the same time — are to be punished for those who can’t?
Instead of telling me that I can’t multitask, how about this: add driving and talking on a cell phone to the driver’s test. If you can’t do it, no license.
It’s still legal in Idaho. Had a police car behind me the other day. I think he was waiting for me to mess up so he could ticket me for weaving or not signaling. Too bad for him.
They did a study that showed people at just the legal limit were less impaired than drives using their cell phones.
With all the blue tooth and hands free sets out there AND SPEAKERPHONE OPTIONS (what I use like a walkie talkie if I need to take a call while driving,) can someone tell me why these people always on their phones with their hands up their ears?
Some will say there are other distractions but tuning the radio or playing with the heat doesn’t distract me at all, I know where the dials are and I don’t really touch them if I’m not in the total clear or at a stop light or sign.
For godssakes, at least press the speakerphone button so you are not blocking off your head’s movement by holding your hand up to your ear (notice how they almost never turn their head in the direction of the cell phone?
Another thing that irks me is being with someone who is constantly talking or texing someone else. My daughter does this to me when we're out, and I have left her and walked off. The other day we were playing a game (Family Feud on DVD, btw, it's really fun, I highly recommend it) and there she was texting someone after I asked her to stop. I just got up and put my stuff away and started doing something else. She thinks these are her friends, but I told her if she had so many friends she would be with them and not texting them. It's bad enough when kids do it to other kids, but when adults do it, as I've witnessed, its reprehensible. I have seen countless mothers on cell phones or blue tooths with children in their shopping carts completely ignoring the child while chatting away in some inane and endless conversation.
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Auto drivers should be in a hermetically sealed seperate section of all autos. A seperate chamber an all old cars will be banned.
No talking,
No radio,
No eating food,
No gum chewing,
No make up putting on
No shaving
No talking to passengers
NOTHING BUT DRIVING UNDER PENALTY OF TORTURE.
FIRST OFFENSE WATER BOARDING UNTIL CONFESSION
SECOND OFFENSE DEATH BY NAGGING FEMINSTS
Zero Tollerance to go with the Zero Inteligence of regulator happy nanny staters.
(/sarcasm off)
Hey, I expected to have cars that drive themselves by now. And I’m counting on Apple to give us Dick Tracy style wristwatch videophones.
Why did we not hear about problems with CB'ers, mobile Amateur Radio Operators, and safety forces talking on the radio while driving in years past?
It is already illegal to fail to control your vehicle. More laws will not change a thing.