USFemail-retired's Blog

I believe that cell phones either need to be banned totally while the keys are in the ignition or just leave the dilemma alone. The worst offenders are law enforcement personnel.

Using a headset still keeps your attention on the conversation not the road. To say that holding that cell phone to your ear while driving is worse than driving drunk is ludicrous!

Speedy, you are SO right!

You're right Wild. My ex used to read the Sunday paper while he drove! Made me crazy!!

Everytime, I have to blow my horn at an idiot in rage, they on a cell phone, driving to slow, lane drifting, sitting at light, just plain not paying attention. It is a real problem, if it causees accidents I don't know but it ticks me off. I even pull beside them and tell'em to get of the phone.

The problem is driving is already dangerous enough and people who willing to put added risk to an already dangerous situation need to be dealt with. I just scolded my wife, she sent me a text message just mintues after leaving me at work, I know she had to be driving to do it. Putting herself and others at risk.

Every time I see a cop in their car in St Charles, their ALWAYS on the phone.

I'm just saying that there are way more things that cause people to lose their attention on the road.

I agree USFe-mail however what about truckdrivers? I have 2 of them in my family, they have to use their cb's to get instructions from dispatch, what about ambulance, EMT, police... a cell phone is no different than crabbing for your cb, or for the police to be on a laptop,(seen that before) they can't ban it all, we'd all look pretty stupid sitting on the shoulder talking on a cell phone or cb, there would be no one on the highway driving, there would be more confusion than you have ever seen. It is an attorney's idea maybe he represented someone in a particular case that was at fault, I do not think talking on a cell phone impairs someones driving ability as alcohol as he was comparing it to, shoot my husband and my son can eat drink talk on a cell phone and drive all at one time, that's called multi tasking... lol I thing they should be more concerned about girls putting on makeup, and people reading books while driving. I can't see how they could pass a law like this, just like smoking... we are becoming a society that has NOOOOO rights.

I thought driving while distracted was already against the law. I don't see why we need more laws when we could take care of the problem by enforcing the laws already in place. Of course, some politician will take this up as a holy crusade "for the CHILDREN" to make it look like they're actually doing something.
Don't get me wrong... idiots with cell phones DO drive me crazy. I just don't like more laws.

Momma..I was going to say the same thing.. Children are a distraction in a vehicle. Are they going to tell us we cannot take our children with us anymore too? Wait, the Dr.'s quit making house calls so they HAVE to come with!