They can't put in automatic cut off systems, surely passengers are
allowed to talk and text!
Gary B
[ Wanna bet? Let's see what else Ray LaHood has been saying
recently:
http://j.mp/Ia9gpM (Washington Post)
"In announcing the latest step in his campaign against
distracted driving Thursday, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray
LaHood said the government might next extend the guidelines to
cover virtually every portable electronic device that could
find its way into a vehicle."
-- Lauren Weinstein
NNSquad Moderator ]
- - -
On 04/27/2012 01:30 AM, Lauren Weinstein wrote:
>
> US Transportation Secretary calls for total ban on cell phone usage
> when driving
>
> http://j.mp/IBM07Y (Chicago Tribune)
>
> U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood called on Thursday for a
> federal law to ban talking on a cell phone or texting while driving
> any type of vehicle on any road in the country.
> ...
> But Gary Biller, president of the National Motorists Association, said
> laws banning specific actions like talking on a phone or texting are
> not necessary because those actions are already covered by existing
> distracted-driving laws.
>
> - - -
>
> Are you on the phone, or are you just talking to yourself? And when
> this ban didn't work, they'd start calling for automatic cutoff
> systems, and people will start dying in emergencies. Luckily, the odds
> of such legislation actually passing seems markedly slim at this point
> (he's talking about all cell phones, not just hand held units).
>
> --Lauren--
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