Safety first / No cell phones while driving
12-13-2016, 08:02 PM
#5
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Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: California
Posts: 36
No texting while driving
Young & foolish young people don't realize how quickly things can happen out there .....cell phones are a serious problem & if it were up to me the consequences for first offense would be loss of phone & $500.00 fine !.....and if they run into me I am going to pepper spray there *** & see how they like that !
12-14-2016, 08:20 AM
#7
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Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: California
Posts: 36
I believe it.....thats because most people don't think they will be caught because there are not enough police on the streets to catch all the offenders , thats why there are so many idiots out there doing whatever they want.........if people were heavily fined / suspended drivers license & lost there phones....they would learn quick !
12-14-2016, 08:51 AM
#8
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Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: MT
Posts: 276
I agree with most of the above but I also hate to see us become more of a police state. I think this reflects the overall breakdown in the fabric of our society as I doubt there is anyone that doesn't know this is wrong and probably dangerous. I saw a guy in a SUV Sunday that I thought was drunk. Weaving onto the shoulder, driving half way into the other lane, leaving his blinker on. As I passed him, he had his tablet on the steering wheel and was typing with both thumbs. He swerved from the second lane over and dove for the freeway exit and almost hit the sand barrels. Existing reckless driving laws would have applied here.
12-14-2016, 09:46 AM
#10
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: SE Michigan
Posts: 939
Yeah, "something has to be done", but as already pointed out: those laws already exist.
Distracted (actually, let's just say "impaired" because I'd like to include drunk driving in this too) driving is a problem that needs to be stopped at its source. The laws don't have to change; the culture does. Even though smoking is still quite popular, it's nowhere near the levels we saw just a few decades ago. The restriction of tobacco advertising and the rise of health campaigns like "truth" don't stop smoking, but they have gone a long way in making it less "cool".
The government cannot ever 100% stop impaired driving; that's OUR responsibility. But they can take steps to make it less socially acceptable so that people would be less willing to risk "one measly" drink or text. They'd have to be creative about it, though. Banning ads for cellphones would be kinda silly...
Distracted (actually, let's just say "impaired" because I'd like to include drunk driving in this too) driving is a problem that needs to be stopped at its source. The laws don't have to change; the culture does. Even though smoking is still quite popular, it's nowhere near the levels we saw just a few decades ago. The restriction of tobacco advertising and the rise of health campaigns like "truth" don't stop smoking, but they have gone a long way in making it less "cool".
The government cannot ever 100% stop impaired driving; that's OUR responsibility. But they can take steps to make it less socially acceptable so that people would be less willing to risk "one measly" drink or text. They'd have to be creative about it, though. Banning ads for cellphones would be kinda silly...