BOL Round Table

I've heard of cities that have done this and the accidents increased, people just hold their phones lower on the dash and farther from the road when they text to avoid being seen.

yep. Cameras are being installed everywhere. They will just start mailing tickets out. We were in Hawaii when they started the testing. It was VERY effective and EVERY SINGLE PERSON using a phone in a certain known "high use area" got tickets EVERY DAY at $100/pop, until they quit doing it. That gets pretty expensive.

These camera companies, who get a % of every ticket, are MORE than willing to put up cameras EVERYWHERE for free.

I'm all for it. I'm tired of nearly getting hit every day. I drive 15 mi. on 459 back and forth to work each day, and EVERY DAY there's an idiot swerving or driving erratically---always texting or on the phone....worst device ever invented to have in cars.

Your wife making happy times for u is still cool, right?

Girlfriends too?

phones emit RF which can be detected by devices...it ain't hard at all even if it can't be seen...much like radar.

... or reading BOL.

Guilty.

well hell lets just live in a prison while we're at it.

Yea how can they enforce on what your doing? I guess no matter what you say to the officer, their going to write the ticket.... Money, money,money....

That and hands free have been in place for several years in CT. Both are a good thing. While I hate big gov and ct is all about big gov this isn't a big deal. They don't play around about it either.

ok well here's some links, there's not a lot of data suggesting it increases wrecks but it makes sense. There is better data indicating it has no effect.

They'll more than likely enforce it through a complete ban on using a phone unless with a hands-free device (and even those are being proven not much safer in terms of distraction).

If you don't think the state government has the authority to enact a safety measure regarding public roads,not sure what to tell you.

And to compare this to Ben Franklin's quote is quite asinine. This isn't about some perceived danger and a consipiratorial power grab, this is a reactive measure that not only will save lives, but has been needed for a long time.

I guess I'm not understanding how the legitimate exercise of the state's constitutional and necessary police power (i.e. the power to protect health, safety and welfare of it's citizens) is somehow "big government." That power is fundamental.

once again, arguing about doing something that is STUPID to do while driving, is, well....stupid.

Do it if you want...but if you hit me or my kid, or my family, you'll never see anything but dark forever.

It seems to me that a lot of these "libertarian" "tea party" types need a remedial civics lesson.

We can start with the legitimate power of state government, derived from the people, to use coercive power (yes, coercive) to protect the health, safety, morals, and welfare of that state's citizens.