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And the people who sponsored this bill are still in office? As much as they want to Crack Down on distracted driving, if the job of the police becomes peering into each and every car for suspected violations of the law, then that is not worth it. It even sounds difficult to do without constant survellence of the people driving on NJ streets. Are they planning to watch you 24 hrs a day to make sure you don't eat in your own car?
This bill is still only a suggestion and though the possibility for it to be voted on has come up twice already, they still have not brought it to a vote. It seems it's still in the planning stages and they're trying to hone in on how exactly they will define distracted driving. I agree that it would be very hard to police, but then again so is cell phone use especially considering Bluetooth and now the ability for the phone to hook up to your car. You're still talking, you're still distracted, you still have to look away from the road to press buttons. It's not an easy thing because many many things can be defined as driving while distracted.
People don't drive cars much any more; they just ride in them. Used to be, both hands on the wheel and watch the road and the other driver. Now, people are outraged because the accident they cause may be blamed on them.
It's not an easy thing because many many things can be defined as driving while distracted.
And there are already plenty of laws on the books for 'distracted driving', 'reckless driving', 'failure to use care', etc.
There is no need for any new laws, all that has to be done is to use the laws that already exist. If they try to make a 'law' against every single possibility that could arise, lawbooks would become massive tomes that nobody could keep track of and everyone would be wondering 'what laws have I broken today?'...oh, wait...
Idiots pushing for more 'laws' are, for the most part, just trying to justify their salaries for their useless positions.
I think its ridiculous but at the same time, if you can get a ticket for just touching or holding a cell phone, how is holding a cup of coffee any different?
I think its ridiculous but at the same time, if you can get a ticket for just touching or holding a cell phone, how is holding a cup of coffee any different?
Its all just a money grab
If I was a cop and had to pull you out of a wrecked car, the presence of spilled coffee and an EggMcMuffin wrapper would encourage me to write you a ticket.
Of course, first I would ask you if your had been drinking coffee. So your either going to lie or get a ticket. That's the way it's going to work.
Of course if you happened to seriously injure someone the ticket I wrote would be used by their lawyer and insurance company.
So having read that little script, how would you feel if you were the person who was run over by the coffee drinker?
I think....
I believe it's quite reasonable given how hard mobile phone clients are focused on.
Distinctive studies have said diverse things, yet numerous studies I've perused have recorded eating-drinking-applying cosmetics and so forth as diversions each much the equivalent of wireless diversions. Why is it just great to treat mobile phone clients like they're essentially attackers however enactment for different sorts of diversions rouse such shock?
I say any sort of diversion merits the same treatment, whether that is tending to it with bans or allowing it to sit unbothered on the grounds that such laws are "babysitter state" reactions. On the off chance that you need the book tossed at wireless clients, you should acknowledge having the book tossed at you for drinking espresso and eating doughnuts while driving. In the event that you need your doughnut eating to be allowed to sit unbothered, then telephone clients should be allowed to sit unbothered in like way. A diversion is a diversion.
I agree with you that many things can be considered a distraction when done behind the wheel, and should be discouraged/eliminated when possible. But I think the cell phone distraction has become a larger issue because (1) it's more of a mental distraction as well as physical, and (2) because it has become so pervasive among the population in general. Count the number of people you see eating, putting on make-up, etc., then count the ones using a cell phone while driving. Which number will be higher?
Well, you could drink coffee or whatever, when you're stopped at a stop light. As long as you're not driving. No big deal. I put on lipstick sometimes. I don't do it while driving. I do it at a stop light. I can also take a sip of my beverage while driving without it being a distraction. I have no problem w/having to wait for a stop light, except when traveling where I'm on a highway w/o any stop lights. Having a kick of caffeine would actually increase my attentiveness after a while.
I personally handle an auto accident claim with four dead that were all buckled in. The accident happened just outside Lafayette, Indiana, c. 2000. There was a line of stopped cars and trucks waiting for their turn to go through a construction zone. Last in line was a small passenger car. A semi came up at full speed (driver inattention) and drove the little car into the back of the semi in front of them.
So, it can and does happen that people die while buckled in. FYI
Now I really don't know what to tell those people I cited in my post.
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