Comments on: The California Cell Phone Law (VC 23123)

By: EmaitBibsoota

EmaitBibsoota — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:43:10 +0000

Thank you for great post!

By: SWSamurai

SWSamurai — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:34:46 +0000

Heard of that, but never knew anyone personally that did it. Though I do know someone that has played Tetris on a gameboy while driving, though I was not in the car with him at the time.

By: Ang

Ang — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:09:33 +0000

How about people TEXTING while driving? Did you ever think people would have the nerve to do something like that? Well, I had an argument with someone who was driving my truck and then whipped out her cell phone to text someone. At first I watched in total disbelief, then once it sank in that this person was actually trying to type in a text message while driving, I told her to pull over. She actually argued with me that she needed to do this, that it couldn’t wait, to which I rebutted for her to pull over and we’d wait until the text message was sent. She finally handed me the phone and asked me to do the texting for her. I was blown away! Sad to say also that she was doing this with her newborn baby in the back. YIKES!

By: SWSamurai

SWSamurai — Tue, 06 May 2008 05:54:50 +0000

Actually the number of accidents as a result of cell phone usage is not as high as some would like us to think. But the one area that your argument is flawed is this. Most of the things you listed, do not require the person to continuously hold GPS, Disc Players, Radios, Soda’s, etc… to their head while they are using it. Granted, all of them have a potential to cause distraction, like if you drop your cigarette, spill your soda. But when you are engaged in an active conversation, things are different. You are driving, which requires you to concentrate on the road, and you are talking to someone, which requires you to think about the conversation. Yes… this includes headsets and speakerphones. This is why even WITH a speakerphone in my car, I will usually not respond, or pull over for a call that is going to last more than, say, ten words. In my case, I work with phones all day, why do I want to chat on one when I do not have to? That is why god created the internet… oh… I’m sorry… Al Gore, that it.

By: grant

grant — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:51:45 +0000

If we are going to ban cell phone usage in vehicles, then we need to ban, cigarettes, lipstick, radio’s, hamburgers, soda’s, other passengers, compact disc player, gps systems, and the list goes on. While I agree that phones can be a distraction, I have almost nearly been hit and stuck behind someone who is doing one or several of these things at once. That being said, I don’t think requiring cell phone users to use headsets is a bad idea, but I would be curious to know, how many accidents are actually caused by cell phone usage vs. these other factors. Meaning, is this really about safety or more government intrusion into our lives and liberties as a people.