You don’t like the facts in the survey, make up your own. It seems most people do anyway. My personal survey shows that the people on the phones that I see on the road are not paying attention to their driving. My own personal scientific survey. I just prefer that my family and myself not be hurt by these self centered people.
how are is it going to be enforced? afterall, we are not enforcing the 55 MPH or 70 MPH speed limit. we are not enforcing the Seatbelt ticket. in most states, seatbelt tickets are only issued after a primary violation. so what are you going to do? if you are trying to mitigate accidents, then lets try to educate folks because your not going to stop them. what most folks don’t realize, if they allow folks to do things against the rules/laws, they can’t enforce them. so when you see many folks keep speeding 65 in 55, they have to allow that and can’t convict you. how many of you know that you can ask to see the radar gun? it is the item convicting you, but you must ask to see it upon them stating they used the gun to catch your speed. if not, then they can’t cite you a ticket also. again, it’s the matter of enforcement? and how do we allow even the police officers to do it? i have seen many using cellphones in their vehicles or even the laptops….
Our dog barks at some people, no telling who, and barks ferociously at all other dogs when she is taking a ride in the family car. It can be a little distracting telling her to “pipe down.” Next ban – dogs in cars!
Also my kids used to act up once in a while on a long drive. Maybe we can ban screaming children from cars – or maybe we should take them to the nearest police station to scare them into being quiet!
well, in many states they do have an ordinace for decibal levels. problem is that when they go down the road, and the bass is so loud, it reverberates through my house and hard to hear the TV. so can we ban these cars w/the bass that feels like it going to rock my skin off the car; or can i sue them for loss of hearing?
It matters in this instance too. I drive 30 minutes each way to work on a rural four lane highway in Iowa. Not much of a problem talking on the phone as there isn’t much traffic to worry about. On the other hand, I would not even consider talking on the phone while driving on I-80 across Iowa, or in Des Moines.
I can see using a cell in highly populated areas being an issue, but out here in the boondocks, I don’t see it as a problem.
Cheli,
Like I said before, I have 4 kids, now grown, but yes, they had soccer/karate/ballet, etc…I was on the go-go-go all the time. Although they are 18,20, 21 & 26 now, it wasn’t THAT long ago where I put over 200,000 miles on my Ford Taurus taking them and their friends herre there and everywhere WITHOUT the use of a cell phone. You sound like a very young, inexperienced mother who has been spoiled by the cell phone……
Rikki,
It’s pretty easy noticing these drivers. I happened to be at a stop sign or a red light each time I saw these jokers…..anyway, I’ve been driving for 34 years (do the math) and have NEVER had an accident…both hands belong ON THE WHEEL not on a cell while applying mascara and trying to calm down Mary & Johnny in the back seat while you balance your latte between you knees reading a map….again, deal with it and pull over! (No- I am NO a rarity – my husband was a long haul truck-driver (teamseter) for 30 years WITHOUT any fines or accidents – ditto for all of my kids. It really doesn’t take rocket science to figure out how to keep our roads safe…….
I guess they are gonna ban kids from being in the car too…as a matter of fact, while they are at it…they should ban radios too…whose not guilty of changing the station while driving or changing a cd…looks like we will all be walking pretty soon… we cant ride the bus because they are distracted by looking for people at the bus stop to pick up…YESH….i dont even know if walking is safe…someone might be looking at their watch and walk into me…
Try the phone users speeding through Chicago or any major city. In those cities it seems like more people are on the phone while driving through traffic and pedestrians than not on the phone.
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Too many people have pre-paid service for any of this to matter. no records.
You don’t like the facts in the survey, make up your own. It seems most people do anyway. My personal survey shows that the people on the phones that I see on the road are not paying attention to their driving. My own personal scientific survey. I just prefer that my family and myself not be hurt by these self centered people.
how are is it going to be enforced? afterall, we are not enforcing the 55 MPH or 70 MPH speed limit. we are not enforcing the Seatbelt ticket. in most states, seatbelt tickets are only issued after a primary violation. so what are you going to do? if you are trying to mitigate accidents, then lets try to educate folks because your not going to stop them. what most folks don’t realize, if they allow folks to do things against the rules/laws, they can’t enforce them. so when you see many folks keep speeding 65 in 55, they have to allow that and can’t convict you. how many of you know that you can ask to see the radar gun? it is the item convicting you, but you must ask to see it upon them stating they used the gun to catch your speed. if not, then they can’t cite you a ticket also. again, it’s the matter of enforcement? and how do we allow even the police officers to do it? i have seen many using cellphones in their vehicles or even the laptops….
Our dog barks at some people, no telling who, and barks ferociously at all other dogs when she is taking a ride in the family car. It can be a little distracting telling her to “pipe down.” Next ban – dogs in cars!
Also my kids used to act up once in a while on a long drive. Maybe we can ban screaming children from cars – or maybe we should take them to the nearest police station to scare them into being quiet!
well, in many states they do have an ordinace for decibal levels. problem is that when they go down the road, and the bass is so loud, it reverberates through my house and hard to hear the TV. so can we ban these cars w/the bass that feels like it going to rock my skin off the car; or can i sue them for loss of hearing?
It matters in this instance too. I drive 30 minutes each way to work on a rural four lane highway in Iowa. Not much of a problem talking on the phone as there isn’t much traffic to worry about. On the other hand, I would not even consider talking on the phone while driving on I-80 across Iowa, or in Des Moines.
I can see using a cell in highly populated areas being an issue, but out here in the boondocks, I don’t see it as a problem.
Cheli,
Like I said before, I have 4 kids, now grown, but yes, they had soccer/karate/ballet, etc…I was on the go-go-go all the time. Although they are 18,20, 21 & 26 now, it wasn’t THAT long ago where I put over 200,000 miles on my Ford Taurus taking them and their friends herre there and everywhere WITHOUT the use of a cell phone. You sound like a very young, inexperienced mother who has been spoiled by the cell phone……
Rikki,
It’s pretty easy noticing these drivers. I happened to be at a stop sign or a red light each time I saw these jokers…..anyway, I’ve been driving for 34 years (do the math) and have NEVER had an accident…both hands belong ON THE WHEEL not on a cell while applying mascara and trying to calm down Mary & Johnny in the back seat while you balance your latte between you knees reading a map….again, deal with it and pull over! (No- I am NO a rarity – my husband was a long haul truck-driver (teamseter) for 30 years WITHOUT any fines or accidents – ditto for all of my kids. It really doesn’t take rocket science to figure out how to keep our roads safe…….
I guess they are gonna ban kids from being in the car too…as a matter of fact, while they are at it…they should ban radios too…whose not guilty of changing the station while driving or changing a cd…looks like we will all be walking pretty soon… we cant ride the bus because they are distracted by looking for people at the bus stop to pick up…YESH….i dont even know if walking is safe…someone might be looking at their watch and walk into me…
Try the phone users speeding through Chicago or any major city. In those cities it seems like more people are on the phone while driving through traffic and pedestrians than not on the phone.