Cell phone ban? Skeptical lawmakers say states unlikely to heed NTSB call
December 16, 2011 at 8:29 am in Grand Forks Herald
Federal transportation officials are citing that accident in pushing for states to enact an all-out ban on cellphone use by drivers, restricting the use even of hands-free devices. But spurring lawmakers to take up the cause may be difficult. Skeptical lawmakers give the proposal little chance at succeeding in state capitols around the country, and many aren’t planning on introducing ban bills. Continue Reading
“It’s a popular thing to pass another law,” said Bill Stouffer, a Missouri Republican and chairman of the state’s Senate Transportation Committee. “But anything that takes your eyes off the road is just as deadly as texting or talking on the cellphone. Where does it end? Why not ban map reading or eating while driving?”
Better idea: Let’s stop electing science-illiterate people to political office?
After all, “We The People” should take some responsibility for putting folks who utter inanities into power!
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Okay, put the list of new laws you want to save us, try to keep it under a couple hundred. How many lives are lost because of the crappy light cars that are on the roads because of gov’t mileage standards? Are those lives okay to lose in the name of the green world and global climate warming change or whatever it is called today?
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The long term solution will be to produce cars that are on automatic pilot to allow passengers to do whatever they like incl. reproduction. They are already in development.
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