What’s next, outlaw talking to your passenger while driving? Making the police “Platinum Citizens?” i.e. give the police exemption from the law while everyone else pays fines or does jail time?
Isn’t there enough bad will between the general public and law enforcement already?

While making illegal the act of “texting while driving” is a reasonable law, because it requires distractions from watching where your going down the road. That should be enough on use of cell phone regulation, while driving. If and emergency occurred either at home or work or while driving, most drivers would become more of a road hazard if forced to pull over or stop in traffic. Have you ever seen cops the TV program where the police where pulled over and became a driving distraction to the point where other drivers where rubber necking and hit the squad car and the cop? I have.

Just because some citizens have a hard time walking and chewing gum at the same time, doesn’t mean the rest of us suffer under new unreasonable laws. Laws most of the population will resent and make that resentment felt at the polls sooner or later.

Actually, now that I think about it, only the political elite of the politbureau should be allowed to have cars (which, of course, should be paid for by the people). And, the political elite should also probably have lifetime pensions equal to twice whatever it was they were paid when they were in governmental service for all the fantastic work they did while in office. After all, it’s only fair.

My concern is what if someone is just changing the radio station, or simply reaching for a kleenex? The officer can still pull the driver over. And then what? Will the officer actually admit they’ve made a mistake? And how are they expecting to prove you were texting?

My cell is usually in the cup holder, located in my center console. But, just because it’s sitting there doesn’t mean I’m using it. I actually don’t text/drive, but I do answer the phone when it rings. And I usually look at the screen before I answer it, just in case it’s someone that can wait until I’m not driving.

My point is, I’m wondering where the police will actually draw the line on this law? As I said above, if the officer mistakes you reaching for a kleenex as texting, will he admit he’s wrong & let you go? Or will he give you a ticket anyway for distracted driving?

Just wondering…

The fact is we should realize that by accepting our license to drive and getting behind the wheel we are responsible for doing all we can to not harm anything or damage property. It’s already the law we don’t need to make a whole bunch of little laws if we just uphold and enforce that one.

And Ant, please tell your motorcycle buddies to stop swerving in and out between me and the safe distance I’ve created in relation to the car in front of me. Lives are being lost because of this too. I’ve lost friends to a car/motorcycle accident where it was the motorcyclist’s fault.

“If this legislation saves just one life it is worth everyone’s [inconvenience].” Well I say make motorcycles illegal, it’s only an inconvenience that could save at least one life, right? Motorcycles are more dangerous than most cars and when purchasing this type of vehicle, the concept should be understood that driving a motorcycle comes with greater risk.

With this legislation, the amount of texting will stay the same but accidents will only further increase.