Comments on: Texters Watch Out, The Big Arm of the Law is Out to Get You

By: chad

chad — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:44:13 +0000

myself being guilty of this exact thing … texting while driving… completely support this law lol.

I’ve forced myself to refrain from cell phone use while unless it can be done with a voice command or I’m at a stop light.

ahem now.

@Justin and Dan
Hands on the steering wheel at all times…. what good is a law if you can’t enforce it?… Look at the mockery that is Jay walking… however Jay walking isn’t nearly as dangerous as this… I say if you’re going to do anything about a problem such as this don’t fine the driver… mandate blue tooth in all vehicles by 2010… remember kids… air bags and seat belts used to be “options” as well ;).

By: Suze

Suze — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:44:42 +0000

These laws were made for our “safety” but how constitutional are they? I, personally, am a fantasic multi-tasker (I’m always texting while driving), but it obviously isn’t exactly safe. People need to use common sense. The possibility of other items being MORE of a distraction doesn’t discount the fact that texting is a major distraction. Suggesting that a law to have drivers keep both hands on the steering wheel at all times is childish and ridiculous. You don’t even have to keep both hands on the wheel during your driving test (to get your license)… just make sure you don’t ever take both hands OFF at the same time ; -P

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:24:05 +0000

I agree that a law should be passed that you should just simply have to keep your hands on the wheel, but of course no one would ever write it!

The lawmakers love to make these tech-specific bills because they can keep writing the same thing over and over. If they passed one law that just took care of everything, they wouldn’t be able to write a cute little token law for some other tech in the future that would get them the votes of all the PTA moms out there.

By: SMASH

SMASH — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:27:40 +0000

its been banned here in chicago for about a year now, it started off with just talking onthe phone while driving then they made it no use of phones while driving

i got a ticket for using the GPS on my blackberry.. lamee

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:12:53 +0000

I’ve always said these laws for each technology are silly. Not to mention that a person who is driving impaired (for whatever reason) can be pulled over and issued a ticket for whatever behavior made it obvious they were distracted. Following to closely, crossing a solid, failure to signal, rolling stops ect.

These laws are a waste in a lot of ways.

By: chuck

chuck — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:40:10 +0000

You can’t keep both hands on the steering wheel dude. Stick shift? Turn signal? Duh.

By: grace healy

grace healy — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:53:01 +0000

I believe Washington State has also prohibited texting while driving, but there have been newspaper reports that it is difficult to enforce.