Feds Introduce Legislation To Ban Usage Of Handheld Phones In Vehicles

Your comment reminded me of some laws that were passed over here. Somebody told some of the female officials that frost heaves have been known to pop building foundations out of the ground with enough force that it ripped right through someones mattress/house... now to build a house/building you need an Engineer's signature here...

About freaking time. I guess enough people have died so now the gov't can do something about it. Why do we have to wait until people die before we do anything safety related?

Because it has to save them money. When insurance payouts exceed extra enforcement, then they will act.

So money is more important than lives?

Well yes they care about the "tax" payers.

Hmmm... I wonder what said "certain emergency situations" are?

"But officer it was an emergency, dinner wasn't cooked and if I didn't order a pizza my kids wouldn't make it to soccer practice on time"

lol

I would ass-u-me the wording would limit those calls to 911 type calls. But then the lawmakers always like to leave it vague.

Finally - Some people just don't get the message. As I was coming into work today I could see the person in front of me texting on their cell phone (as they blew by me). About 1 1/2 miles down the road, came upon an accident. A car had rear ended another one at the stop light. Any guesses who the jacka@@ was that caused the accident.

blazinboy-There is one small problem with your theory. I mean I understand the need to get stupid drivers off the road. However what happens if they take non stupid drivers with them? Does that seem fair to you? If a stupid driver talking on a cell phone crashed into you and killed you don't you think your ghost would be extreemly pissed off?

Actually, the accident is not so much "holding" the phone, but rather it's the talking. Research has shown that the more people you add into the car, the more likely the driver is to get into the accident (each additional person double's the chances, or more), and it's the conversation that's distracting.

Obviously, surfing the web while driving is not good, but I'm referring only to talking on the phone. Having a heated discussion while on bluetooth is AS BAD as holding the phone and having the same discussion. I don't believe legislators have a clue.