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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: vinnyny (Feb 16, 2009 8:07 am) Common sense in conjunction with innumerable studies shows the true impact of cell phone usage, even if every cell phone driver doesn't end up in the morgue, there is a definite lack of attention to driving, which is very noticeable.
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Replying to: kdshapiro (Feb 16, 2009 8:38 pm) Which is all stuff they may or may not be doing if not on the phone. Common sense in conjunction with innumerable studies shows the true impact of cell phone usage, even if every cell phone driver doesn't end up in the morgue, there is a definite lack of attention to driving, which is very noticeable. Crash deaths are down Yup, its just terrible out there...crash rates going down year after year, fatality rates going down year after year, terrible. Apparently, the impact of cell phone use is dropping off the table, especially after a 250% increase in subscriptions over the last few years.
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Replying to: boaz47 (Feb 16, 2009 9:54 am) That was half my point way back when I started this discussion: we don't need one more law to cover something already covered by law - distracted and erratic driving. Even vinny there had four or five other examples in his anecdotal evidence of things he had seen being done by drivers who were driving poorly. How about enforcing the laws already on the books? But we know that will never happen, just as it is not happening now with the new cell phone laws in California. Instead, the police and highway patrol focus on two things - speeders and red light runners (with a healthy smattering of California Stoppers for good measure) - for all the tickets they write. Why? because they are MARVELOUS revenue generators, and there are so many violators just in those two categories that 100% of their time could be taken stopping people for those two offenses, if they so chose.
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Replying to: lilengineerboy (Feb 17, 2009 4:36 am) BTW. It is my educated guess, and the conclusion of other scientific minds that latte drinkers do not pose the same road as cell phone users. Case closed.
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Replying to: nippononly (Feb 17, 2009 2:20 pm) Because police patrols are not needed for enforcement. Just ask Arizona residents who have to pass through cameras every 10 feet.
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Replying to: kdshapiro (Feb 17, 2009 2:25 pm) BTW. It is my educated guess, and the conclusion of other scientific minds that latte drinkers do not pose the same road as cell phone users. Case closed. So you and the guy in Utah agree, I guess 2 is enough to make a quorum. We can all go home now.  RIGHT
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Replying to: kdshapiro (Feb 17, 2009 2:27 pm) |
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Replying to: lilengineerboy (Feb 17, 2009 4:56 pm)
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Replying to: kdshapiro (Mar 01, 2009 8:50 am) So little things like a 10-fold increase in cell phone usage and highway fatalities at their lowest rates in recorded history should probably be part of that.
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Recently, a number of counties here in NY state have been passing laws against texting while driving. This came after a few bad accidents where the driver was so busy looking down to text that he/she drove off the road, into a crowd or into stopped traffic. I was on the fence when the no cell phone laws were passed but this one I agree with. How the heck can you look down in your lap, use both thumbs to hit the buttons, and think about your text all while driving. I know there are some people (young) who claim they can do all those things and still drive safely but I don't see how. How about other states? Any of you folks have laws against texting? In typical NY overkill, one county in my area is sending out extra patrols this weekend to cite texters.
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