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Automotive News & Views Should cell phone drivers be singled out?
3688 messages, Last post on Oct 27, 2009 at 11:39 AM
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Replying to: xrunner2 (Oct 18, 2006 2:58 pm)
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Replying to: tpe (Oct 18, 2006 2:15 pm) Then you love this.
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Replying to: snakeweasel (Oct 18, 2006 1:53 pm) Defend not wearing your seatbelt. How can it be justified? |
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Replying to: snakeweasel (Oct 18, 2006 1:54 pm)
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Replying to: snakeweasel (Oct 18, 2006 3:39 pm) |
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Replying to: fintail (Oct 18, 2006 3:46 pm) Me being able to post here does, nuff said.
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Replying to: fintail (Oct 18, 2006 3:47 pm) Also consider your premiums will not change if your health gets better or worse. |
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Replying to: fintail (Oct 18, 2006 12:07 pm) Just came in from spreading 20 yards of mulch around my trees. You guys are busy. You of all people should understand the difference between laws to protect yourself and laws that protect others. You are absolutely right if I go out and get in a wreck without a seatbelt It is MY fault that I got injured. If my insurance goes up I am to blame. It is as much a violation of my rights as telling me I cannot eat myself into oblivion on candy or smoke cigarettes until I get lung cancer. I think others have already set you straight on the subject but I saw several references to me avoiding the issue.
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Replying to: fintail (Oct 18, 2006 3:46 pm) It would be difficult to defend not wearing a seat belt. Easy to defend my right to not wear one if I so please. I think the helmet laws have gotten tossed out in a couple states already. How many more laws would you like to see. Lots of people get hurt skiing and snowboarding each year. I think there needs to be a law against those dangerous sports. As you well know there is a very vocal group in this country that want to ban boxing. Next football. Helmet laws by state. http://usff.com/hldl/frames/50state.html
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Governments may be acting under false assumptions of safety when making laws that require drivers to use headsets or other hands-free devices when talking on cell phones, as studies are indicating that hands-free devices may actually make distraction an even greater issue for drivers on the phone. Drivers using hands-free devices drive even faster than other cell-phone using drivers while their braking response time remains the same as other cell phone users – up to 45 percent slower than for drivers who aren’t talking on the phone. For the NHTSA, all of this research means that headsets and other hands-free devices are just as unsafe as any other type of cell phone. Jeffrey Runge, NHTSA’s administrator, finds that problematic. "The thing that disturbs me is that we have states and local municipalities making rules that basically give hands-free phones a free pass as being safe. That’s not good policy," Runge told the Wall Street Journal.
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