The next stupid CA law.Follow

Having sex while driving can kill you.

Edited, Sep 13th 2006 at 10:15am EDT by fhrugby

They don't "bother" me per se, but I think they look retarded. Therefore, I think some dink walking around wearing one like a fashion accessory looks retarded as well. It's like a kid trying to play Robocop or Star Trek.

I understand that you said YOU don't do this. Good on ya for it.

I thought I read something in the news about an increasing amount of the accidents where cellphones are involved were using headsets instead of the phone.

Edited, Sep 14th 2006 at 2:42am EDT by Paskil

You sound like a lawyer.

I talk on the phone while driving everyday. I have no real intention of stopping, ever. I live in states with laws against it, and I pretty much say "F U!" every minute of my life to them. You want "safety" on the roads? Please...you might want to start elsewhere then.

How about working out the whole elderly driving problem? You know, like the lady who drove through a store window in my town recently because she thought her car was in reverse. Killed someone buying a lottery ticket (wasn't their lucky day! ba-dum-bum!). There's a place you could start.

Or how about the insane amount of people who use a giant on ramp to a high way as their "take in the scenery" time. You know, the people who seem to miss entirely the point of the ramp, cruising along at 35mph on their way to merging with traffic moving at 75mph.

Hey, how about women who put makeup on while driving? People playing with their cool digital dash with GPS up to wazooathon. Changing CD's, reaching under your seat to grab something you dropped, drinking/spilling coffee, eating food, etc. etc. etc.

Jack asses who don't use turn signals...ever...in their life. But no, you know-it-all's have to pick on cell phone users, because...well...who the hell knows? Maybe you're pissed because someone else has one, has a life, has a job, or just plain doesn't give a **** what you think.

OP, yeah...I think every study I've ever read on the subject has shown that holding the cell phone has absolutely nothing to do with the danger of using one while driving. It all relates to the distraction involved in the call, and in the one study I read it stated that actually visualizing things in your mind is the most dangerous. So actually "thinking" about how that meeting is going to come together, where you want to organize the chairs, put the projector, that kinda thing...kills people. So just ban thinking and we'll all be fine. Until then F U in the A.

Umm how exactly is it a weak analogy? All the things I mentioned are dangers on the road, and we are talking about banning something that is "a danger on the road". Maybe I should have just said this:

And how about we ban those cell phone drivers? And man....what about getting rid of those people who talk on phones while driving? After that, we can deal with those stupid bastards who dial phones while driving.

"Strong" enough analogy for ya?

Samira, F U in the A. He's an anarchist!

Turn signals aside, saying "most" of the things I listed are already have associated laws is a bit disingenuous. One is hardly most, and while you are supposed to stop driving when you're "physically or mentally unable to do so", how many people do? Having a law in place is light years away from actual enforcement, and no politician, local or federal, wants to get anywhere near that deal.

But cell phones, now there's something you can pick on. People who don't have one, for whatever reason, will be naturally inclined to agree with your arguement sans proof. People who do have them but do not use them often will also see no problem with a law like this.

Like I said initially, I live in states with the law and honestly just don't care. Almost all the proof out there shows that the problems with the cell phones do not lie in whether or not you are holding your phone, and quite frankly I don't want to spend money on some government funded profit scheme. Yippee for all the hands-free device manufacturers, but the drivers aren't any safer.

There are particulars about using a cell phone while driving that bother me. For instance, people trying to dial their phone while negotiating a 90 degree turn, or changing lanes, things that generally require you to pay full attention and use both hands. I don't stop doing something like that to pick up a ringing phone either, but some people do and therein lies one of the other problems.

Instead of banning thinking, maybe we should just ban stupid uncoordinated people. *sigh*

Quit it! Neph will get mad!

Which is a fallacy in of itself. Z is worth doing or it isn't. A-Y have no bearing on it in this instance.

"People still get shot all the time so why have laws against carrying knives?"

A Comparison of the Cell Phone Driver and the Drunk Driver



You can pay the $18 for the full study if you want more specific data.

Yes. It's stupid because its not addressing the problem. The problem is the phone conversations not holding the phone with one hand. It's just another token law to make the legislature look like its doing something and will really have no effect.

My friend and I got hit yesterday by a guy who was using his Bluetooth headset. He changed lanes at the last minute cause he was about to miss his exit. Jackass didn't even hang up his phone. He was complaining to whomever he was talking to that we didn't get out of his way. My friend asked him if the Bluetooth would still work after he shoved it up his ass. The situation went downhill from there. Thankfully we were in his car, not mine.



Edited, Sep 14th 2006 at 5:20pm EDT by BloodwolfeX