why banning cell phone use in cars is dumb

[dead0man]

link - NHTSA
10% of distracted driving fatalities are cell phone related
13% of traffic fatalities involved distracted driving
thus...(is my maths right?)
~1.3% of driving fatalities are cell phone related

It's still ok to talk on a phone hands free, but lack of hands isn't what 'causes distracted driving, it's lack of brain activity devoted to the task of driving.

From a NY Times article.

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Just another dumb, pointless law that makes cops have even more interaction with the public leading to more issues between the two.  We need fewer laws, not more.

[RINO Tom]

You won't get anywhere on this site of nanny staters, friend.  Liberty is but an inconvenience in the strive for a perfect society.

[LLR]

No, we must ban cell phone use entirely. Our children's brains are rotting! This must end!

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[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

You won't get anywhere on this site of nanny staters, friend.  Liberty is but an inconvenience in the strive for a perfect society.

To the good post gallery with this one.

[Devout Centrist]

They're unenforceable pieces of fluff advocated by the police and transit folk.

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

30000 * 1.3% = 390 deaths via cellphone-in-car. And are we sure that there aren't cases where involvement of a phone was involved but it wasn't reported because there weren't any signs of it? You don't really gain anything by keeping it legal, plus its a pretty minor safety thing like seat-belts, so it doesn't really infringe on peoples rights.

Enforcement is difficult, however; though the mere presence of a law may deter some people.

[Santander]

This is an example of of a pro-business law that supports the cell phone accessory industry.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

You won't get anywhere on this site of nanny staters, friend.  Liberty is but an inconvenience in the strive for a perfect society.

[Person Man]

link - NHTSA
10% of distracted driving fatalities are cell phone related
13% of traffic fatalities involved distracted driving
thus...(is my maths right?)
~1.3% of driving fatalities are cell phone related

It's still ok to talk on a phone hands free, but lack of hands isn't what 'causes distracted driving, it's lack of brain activity devoted to the task of driving.

From a NY Times article.

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Just another dumb, pointless law that makes cops have even more interaction with the public leading to more issues between the two.  We need fewer laws, not more.

The ironic thing about it is that how else will localities raise funds if there is increasing reluctance to collect revenues up front?

[dead0man]

30000 * 1.3% = 390 deaths via cellphone-in-car.

From a NY Times article.

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The laws aren't reducing crashes.

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You're wearing the wrong colored state sir.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

30000 * 1.3% = 390 deaths via cellphone-in-car.

From a NY Times article.

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The laws aren't reducing crashes.

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You're wearing the wrong colored state sir.

Being libertarian doesn't mean that you think the nanny state never accomplishes anything. It means you think what is does accomplish generally isn't worth the costs, both economic and societal, that the nanny state incurs.

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

30000 * 1.3% = 390 deaths via cellphone-in-car.

From a NY Times article.

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The laws aren't reducing crashes.

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You're wearing the wrong colored state sir.

Being libertarian doesn't mean that you think the nanny state never accomplishes anything. It means you think what is does accomplish generally isn't worth the costs, both economic and societal, that the nanny state incurs.

I'm not a libertarian. I guess I think the avatar looks cool. I do have some sympathies for parts of it, but it doesn't work.

PS: dead0man, its ma'am

[dead0man]

<tips hat>
my apologies ma'am for making assumptions, the "scarlet" should have clued me in probably

[DrScholl]

Texting while driving is a bad idea. Even if you took distracted driving laws off the books, someone who caused an accident because they were using their phone would still get charged with causing an accident and possibly have their insurance canceled. Laws aren't based on percentages, anyway.

[dead0man]

Indeed, which is why this is a stupid law.

[pbrower2a]

Hand it to a passenger.

I saw some speeder drive someone onto the shoulder, something unforgivable unless in an emergency. Basically it had better be a first responder.  I handed the cell phone to my aunt, whom I was taking back from a doctor's appointment, and asked her to deal "9-1-1" to report the incident to the police. I wanted that fellow busted and ticketed. I wanted to see him down the road with a state trooper making his day go bad.

I could not have called the cops at the time.

[Torie]

In other news, if you are a stoner, don't be in a car with tinted windows! The silver lining is that I scored a mug shot of a cute guy.

[Meclazine for Israel]

Mobile phones are banned in Australia whilst driving. You have to use hands-free, otherwise it is a $300 fine.

Distracted drivers looking at a phone screen kill others and themselves.

No question.