Stupid drivers, what she didn't know?

[DWPC]

Originally Posted by evldave

Might as well ban eating in the car, having small kids in the back seat, talking to friends in the car, drinking w/<.08% acohol, changing radio stations, and anything else that involves taking your hands off the wheel or distracts the driver.

Dave, are you maybe in the cell phone business? The problem is undeniable and, because of the huge numbers of phone-addicted drivers, a hundred times worse than drunks, munchers and misbehaving kids. I see phone-caused bad driving virtually every commute. Its getting worse and worse.

It used to be that the guy doing 40 in the fast lane or weaving was a geezer or a drunk. Now, 99% chance its some self-absorbed jerk getting his next sales or work call over the cell phone.

Whats amazing is the denial and the political buy-offs that prevent taking any real steps to curb the problem.

[evldave]

Originally Posted by DWPC

Dave, are you maybe in the cell phone business? The problem is undeniable and, because of the huge numbers of phone-addicted drivers, a hundred times worse than drunks, munchers and misbehaving kids. I see phone-caused bad driving virtually every commute. Its getting worse and worse.

It used to be that the guy doing 40 in the fast lane or weaving was a geezer or a drunk. Now, 99% chance its some self-absorbed jerk getting his next sales or work call over the cell phone.

Whats amazing is the denial and the political buy-offs that prevent taking any real steps to curb the problem.

I agree that there are more dumbazzes out there driving and talking. But at what point do you draw the line? I'm guessing a soccer mom, with two yelling kids in the back seat, trying to feed them McDonalds is more of a safety risk on the road than me talking on my phone. So why outlaw my right to talk on the phone and non soccer mom's?

I'd be happy to make talking on a cell phone like drinking and driving - around here, no matter how little beer you've had, if you are involved in an accident and have been drinking, you are considered at-fault (have a buddy who got in lots of trouble after having a single beer and getting t-boned at a 4-way). Seems like we are legislating behavior instead of just penalizing the offenders.