Comments on: Colorado: Cell phone laws, legislation http://handsfreeinfo.com/colorado-cell-phone-laws-legislation Text messaging, distracted driving safety Tue, 15 May 2012 23:10:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Svein Erik Aam http://handsfreeinfo.com/colorado-cell-phone-laws-legislation/comment-page-1#comment-13083 Svein Erik Aam Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:03:16 +0000 http://handsfreeinfo.com/?p=36#comment-13083 I have been a pilot since 1982 which led to my time as a professional pilot. I discovered that I could tune in AM radio stations and listen to them on the ADF (Automatic Direction Finder) receiver that 90% of aircraft have on them. Even something as simple as listening to a Bronco game takes your Situational Awareness away from you. Basically you become a paid passenger. And that is from a trained professional. There are very few professional drivers. Having your mind on two separate tasks at the same time is an invitation for BIG trouble! I have been a pilot since 1982 which led to my time as a professional pilot. I discovered that I could tune in AM radio stations and listen to them on the ADF (Automatic Direction Finder) receiver that 90% of aircraft have on them. Even something as simple as listening to a Bronco game takes your Situational Awareness away from you. Basically you become a paid passenger. And that is from a trained professional. There are very few professional drivers. Having your mind on two separate tasks at the same time is an invitation for BIG trouble!

]]> By: parnika jain http://handsfreeinfo.com/colorado-cell-phone-laws-legislation/comment-page-1#comment-8583 parnika jain Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:28:25 +0000 http://handsfreeinfo.com/?p=36#comment-8583 people should not drive while talking or texting on their phones. a lot of people can get killed. so many lives have been lost because of this. also people don't take care of following this law that's how they get killed. plus those those people are dumb. people should not drive while talking or texting on their phones. a lot of people can get killed. so many lives have been lost because of this. also people don’t take care of following this law that’s how they get killed. plus those those people are dumb.

]]> By: Dangerous Driving: The Mobile Phone vs. Coffee « One Caffeine Queen's Blog http://handsfreeinfo.com/colorado-cell-phone-laws-legislation/comment-page-1#comment-1937 Dangerous Driving: The Mobile Phone vs. Coffee « One Caffeine Queen's Blog Sat, 15 May 2010 19:58:39 +0000 http://handsfreeinfo.com/?p=36#comment-1937 [...] about teens driving and texting (listen to it at NPR) and on January 1st 2010 Colorado passed a ban on teens under 18 from using mobile phones (which originally had been directed at all drivers)  [...] [...] about teens driving and texting (listen to it at NPR) and on January 1st 2010 Colorado passed a ban on teens under 18 from using mobile phones (which originally had been directed at all drivers)  [...]

]]> By: Pissed Off http://handsfreeinfo.com/colorado-cell-phone-laws-legislation/comment-page-1#comment-1486 Pissed Off Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:02:43 +0000 http://handsfreeinfo.com/?p=36#comment-1486 Stupid law?? Waste of money??? Are you people stupid? People are bloody DYING here all because you need to figure out which movie you're going to, or who won the game or whatever it is. So pretty much some of you are saying "if you're not going to ban everything that's distracting, you can't ban any of it." What kid of drugs are you smoking? You shouldn't do anything that will jeopardise yourself, your property, other people's property, or most importantly OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES. If you want to kill yourself and wreck stuff, fine, go ahead. The world will be rid of yet another idiot and the insurance will fix the crap you broke, but if you kill someone else, then there is no redemption for that. If you want to take a call, or text, then pull to the side of the road, or in a parking lot. A cop can't give you a ticket for being responsible. What if you lost your mom or dad? Or your sister or brother? Your son or doughter? Your boyfriend or girlfriend? Then what? Is it still a dumb law? Will you be glad to hear when the driver WHO KILLED THEM tells you that he finished planning his weekend vacation BEFORE HE KILLED SOMEONE? Seriously. If you have to be somewhere and you can't take a minute to stop for a call, then I don't think you'll have time to spend in PRISON for vehicular manslaughter. There should be incredibly strict laws about what you can and cannot do while driving. "But this is a free country!" Being and idiot at the cost of other people's lives and property and money and time is not a freedom. Fine people up the wazoo! The city or state will be rolling in the money AND they will be making the streets safer. Charge $500 for any sort of reckless driving. Increase the price for each offence too! $500 for the first one. $1000 for the second offence, $1500 for the third. I want you to pay hordes of money so that maybe you won't be so stupid, and I want you to learn your lesson so you don't kill me, or anyone I know. Stupid law?? Waste of money??? Are you people stupid? People are bloody DYING here all because you need to figure out which movie you’re going to, or who won the game or whatever it is.

So pretty much some of you are saying “if you’re not going to ban everything that’s distracting, you can’t ban any of it.” What kid of drugs are you smoking?

You shouldn’t do anything that will jeopardise yourself, your property, other people’s property, or most importantly OTHER PEOPLE’S LIVES. If you want to kill yourself and wreck stuff, fine, go ahead. The world will be rid of yet another idiot and the insurance will fix the crap you broke, but if you kill someone else, then there is no redemption for that.

If you want to take a call, or text, then pull to the side of the road, or in a parking lot. A cop can’t give you a ticket for being responsible.

What if you lost your mom or dad? Or your sister or brother? Your son or doughter? Your boyfriend or girlfriend? Then what? Is it still a dumb law? Will you be glad to hear when the driver WHO KILLED THEM tells you that he finished planning his weekend vacation BEFORE HE KILLED SOMEONE?

Seriously. If you have to be somewhere and you can’t take a minute to stop for a call, then I don’t think you’ll have time to spend in PRISON for vehicular manslaughter.

There should be incredibly strict laws about what you can and cannot do while driving. “But this is a free country!” Being and idiot at the cost of other people’s lives and property and money and time is not a freedom.

Fine people up the wazoo! The city or state will be rolling in the money AND they will be making the streets safer. Charge $500 for any sort of reckless driving. Increase the price for each offence too! $500 for the first one. $1000 for the second offence, $1500 for the third.

I want you to pay hordes of money so that maybe you won’t be so stupid, and I want you to learn your lesson so you don’t kill me, or anyone I know.

]]> By: robert http://handsfreeinfo.com/colorado-cell-phone-laws-legislation/comment-page-1#comment-1401 robert Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:57:56 +0000 http://handsfreeinfo.com/?p=36#comment-1401 I think any law restricting personal rights or freedoms are dumb and injustice they are just another way to collect revenue from the American population using the fear that in the off chance you might get into an accident because you're on your phone the chance of getting into an accident from an animal jumping out or having a tire blow out I mean seriously we have to wear a seat belt in a car but you don't have any restrictions like that for a motorcycle in a car you are surrounded by a steel cage in a car it makes no sense other than to charge for a seat belt ticket and increase the price of an automobile you are no safer depending on the accident it is all built on fear their is no reason for the tax or the law if you are an incompetant driver more than likely you are going to get into an accident either way or be struck by an incompetent driver. The laws in the us of late are all driven by fear or minority groups that affect the whole nation. Notice if they can not receive some sort of revenue from the law it will not pass I think any law restricting personal rights or freedoms are dumb and injustice they are just another way to collect revenue from the American population using the fear that in the off chance you might get into an accident because you’re on your phone the chance of getting into an accident from an animal jumping out or having a tire blow out I mean seriously we have to wear a seat belt in a car but you don’t have any restrictions like that for a motorcycle in a car you are surrounded by a steel cage in a car it makes no sense other than to charge for a seat belt ticket and increase the price of an automobile you are no safer depending on the accident it is all built on fear their is no reason for the tax or the law if you are an incompetant driver more than likely you are going to get into an accident either way or be struck by an incompetent driver. The laws in the us of late are all driven by fear or minority groups that affect the whole nation. Notice if they can not receive some sort of revenue from the law it will not pass

]]> By: Youstbi http://handsfreeinfo.com/colorado-cell-phone-laws-legislation/comment-page-1#comment-1362 Youstbi Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:39:10 +0000 http://handsfreeinfo.com/?p=36#comment-1362 so, one accident caused all textings on the wheels became bad? It's like 1 accident out of 1 million textings (or even more), this is a really stupid law; how do police look inside our car if we're texting anyway? If we got pull over, we can say we were browsing the websites, checking GPS, checking calendar, or checking e-mail (which are legal for above 18). This law is just a waste of money seiously. so, one accident caused all textings on the wheels became bad?
It’s like 1 accident out of 1 million textings (or even more), this is a really stupid law; how do police look inside our car if we’re texting anyway? If we got pull over, we can say we were browsing the websites, checking GPS, checking calendar, or checking e-mail (which are legal for above 18). This law is just a waste of money seiously.

]]> By: Lauren Boettcher http://handsfreeinfo.com/colorado-cell-phone-laws-legislation/comment-page-1#comment-1242 Lauren Boettcher Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:18:21 +0000 http://handsfreeinfo.com/?p=36#comment-1242 i think it would be a very big mistake if Colorado were to pass a law requring hands free sets. if you think about it a hands free set is just as distracting as using a regular cell phone.also if you think about it they are taking this a little to far, smoking and driving can be just as distractive and thats not illegal. there has to be stop to saying whats distractive while drving and whats not. anything can be distractive while driving and its the drivers job to make sure hes not causing a hazard to himself or others. its not the governments job. i think it would be a very big mistake if Colorado were to pass a law requring hands free sets. if you think about it a hands free set is just as distracting as using a regular cell phone.also if you think about it they are taking this a little to far, smoking and driving can be just as distractive and thats not illegal. there has to be stop to saying whats distractive while drving and whats not. anything can be distractive while driving and its the drivers job to make sure hes not causing a hazard to himself or others. its not the governments job.

]]> By: Mike_COS http://handsfreeinfo.com/colorado-cell-phone-laws-legislation/comment-page-1#comment-1224 Mike_COS Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:05:28 +0000 http://handsfreeinfo.com/?p=36#comment-1224 I think it is a HUGE mistake not to make it mandatory for hands free cell phone usage for ALL drivers. When you see someone driving that seems to not be paying attention or breaking laws, look at the driver and you will see a cell phone glued to his/her ear more times than not. Lets get this corrected, and NOW. I think it is a HUGE mistake not to make it mandatory for hands free cell phone usage for ALL drivers. When you see someone driving that seems to not be paying attention or breaking laws, look at the driver and you will see a cell phone glued to his/her ear more times than not. Lets get this corrected, and NOW.

]]> By: Ryan http://handsfreeinfo.com/colorado-cell-phone-laws-legislation/comment-page-1#comment-1026 Ryan Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:43:55 +0000 http://handsfreeinfo.com/?p=36#comment-1026 mastermind, shaving and putting on lipstick is far different from texting or talking on a cell. number one, EVERYONE has a cell phone from teens to seniors. not all women and teens shave, and not all men wear lipstick. number two, texting or talking on a phone requires the attention of the talking AND listening centers of your brain, which leaves none for driving. should one shave or tie their shoes while driving? no, but right now the biggest concern is cell phones and should rightfully be at the forefront of legislation, since the general public can't be smart enough to put the damn phone down until they are stopped and pay attention to driving. sadly, some can't exist without time away from the phone, knowing it is optional to answer a call or return a text when it's safe and convenient. sort of like the answering phone days, it's ok to miss a call. but try telling some inexperienced teenager to let that text go while they are driving. mastermind, shaving and putting on lipstick is far different from texting or talking on a cell. number one, EVERYONE has a cell phone from teens to seniors. not all women and teens shave, and not all men wear lipstick. number two, texting or talking on a phone requires the attention of the talking AND listening centers of your brain, which leaves none for driving. should one shave or tie their shoes while driving? no, but right now the biggest concern is cell phones and should rightfully be at the forefront of legislation, since the general public can’t be smart enough to put the damn phone down until they are stopped and pay attention to driving. sadly, some can’t exist without time away from the phone, knowing it is optional to answer a call or return a text when it’s safe and convenient. sort of like the answering phone days, it’s ok to miss a call. but try telling some inexperienced teenager to let that text go while they are driving.

]]> By: Matt evans http://handsfreeinfo.com/colorado-cell-phone-laws-legislation/comment-page-1#comment-953 Matt evans Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:00:56 +0000 http://handsfreeinfo.com/?p=36#comment-953 I've lived in England most of my life, in fact I'm here right now... Cell phone bans while driving have been in efect here for quite some time now. When I first arrived in the states, I noticed mainly the general lack of attention to the road, what people need to realize is that driving is not somethig easy, or something that can be a "routine". When I am driving (last time I was driving in the states was may) I notice loads of drivers on phones, quite often (too often) I notice A bad driver, then notice that they are on the phone. Yes other things do cause distractions, make-up, shaving, etc... But maybe laws showing people that driving is really about looking out for other drivers, actually driving, and not a "just get in your car and shut off your brain" thing is really what we need. People might start waking up to the fact that destractions in the car kill, and hopefully people will change the way they drive... Do any of these laws pertain to police officers? I notice police officers in my area on the phone, driving squad cars all the time... I think they should be placed under the same legislation, as they are destracted just as much as we are... Yes yes they take extra classes and courses for driving, but do they cover anywhere in any course being distracted to the point of not being able to control a motor vehicle? Which in recent events, cell phone use has proved to severly restrict your control of a motor vehicle. This is spoken from a teen driver, who isn't allowed to use a phone at allwhile driving. Sorry if my spelling is bad, or if I have the wrong words, I'm writing from an iPod, as I don't have a computer here. I’ve lived in England most of my life, in fact I’m here right now… Cell phone bans while driving have been in efect here for quite some time now. When I first arrived in the states, I noticed mainly the general lack of attention to the road, what people need to realize is that driving is not somethig easy, or something that can be a
“routine”. When I am driving (last time I was driving in the states was may) I notice loads of drivers on phones, quite often (too often) I notice A bad driver, then notice that they are on the phone. Yes other things do cause distractions, make-up, shaving, etc… But maybe laws showing people that driving is really about looking out for other drivers, actually driving, and not a “just get in your car and shut off your brain” thing is really what we need. People might start waking up to the fact that destractions in the car kill, and hopefully people will change the way they drive…

Do any of these laws pertain to police officers? I notice police officers in my area on the phone, driving squad cars all the time… I think they should be placed under the same legislation, as they are destracted just as much as we are… Yes yes they take extra classes and courses for driving, but do they cover anywhere in any course being distracted to the point of not being able to control a motor vehicle? Which in recent events, cell phone use has proved to severly restrict your control of a motor vehicle.

This is spoken from a teen driver, who isn’t allowed to use a phone at allwhile driving.
Sorry if my spelling is bad, or if I have the wrong words, I’m writing from an iPod, as I don’t have a computer here.

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