LaHood is a total turd. I wish only bad things for him in the rest of his life. What a busy-body.
“Is the government going to put the FBI on motorcycles and in highway cruisers? “
Sounds like the plan to me.
Said it before, will say it again. The federal government has gotten very good at these types of things, I believe even more so since that day they failed miserably at one of the very few things that actually is the federal government’s responsibility.
Ya know, while they’re at it, I think that besides using cell phones, smoking, etc. while driving (which, of course, should ALL be banned to save us from ourselves), I think they’ve overlooked something equally dangerous.
I think the Feds need a law that prohibits breaking wind in a car either A) while driving, or B) with a child in the vehicle, whether moving or stationary. I mean, come on.....how much abuse should a child or a passenger of any age in a moving car have to take???
Write your Congressman.
“LaHood said, however, he was not as concerned about people who eat, apply makeup, or perform other distracting activities in cars because “not everyone does that.”
“But everyone has a cell phone and too many of us think it is OK to talk on our phones while we are driving,” he said at the summit, sponsored by insurance company USAA, the Texas Department of Transportation and Shriners Hospitals for Children.”
LaHood is a fuching moron. I swear to Zeus, I thought this was satire until I saw Rooters was reporting it. So, “everyone” has a cell phone, huh, Mr. Numbnuts? And somehow, because “everyone” has one, then that’s automatically a reason for a Federal law, no doubt enforced by the FBI on motorcycles? Well, first of all, Mr. totally out-of-touch Transportation Secretary, not everyone has a cell phone. And secondly, slaughtering people due to distraction from makeuping, eating, and other distractions is OK because “everyone” isn’t doing it? That makes me feel SO much better, jerk.
LaHood is a fracking idiot-driving/walking/biking rules are for states to decide and enforce, not big brother-it is NTFB. And I’d be very happy if LaHood and his compadres are never welcomed to Texas again for any reason-let’s try holding people personally responsible for their own actions again-it worked just fine for centuries...
>>>>> "U.S. ban sought on driving while in a car" <<<<<
There is no need for this law. Any driver that causes property damage or personal injury/death SHOULD be held to the full extent of existing laws. That SHOULD be used for all negligent driving. The fact that we limit it to DUI or Texting just makes people think that other acts are not risky.
I say this as a person who has seen the results of negligent texting and driving.
RIP Mike: http://www.mbkmemorial.org/
These phony pretenders remind me of reformed smokers who are the most obnoxious, strident, inconsiderate, boobs on the planet.
If this conference had to do with distracted driving did they discuss how to ban eating, shaving, putting on lipstick, powdering your face, grabbing a 44 oz. drink from the drink holder, threatening the kids in the back seat, etc. ad nauseam? Probably not. This guy was just pandering to some group in the conference.
The federal government has no authority or jurisdiction for such a law.