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Originally Posted by Mad Mel
I have a well-educated guess at what will happen because I've actually lived and driven in both environments. And I'm sure that if I did five minutes of internet research I could find studies that show the exact opposite.
The last part is just inane. How does removing distractions cause more distraction? People are still doing it, just hiding it, and causing more accidents. The penalty (or lack thereof) is the issue, not the law.
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So why didn't you? And I guess you spend so much time on the road that you can see all the factual data, collision increase/decreases, death reductions and all that jazz. My bad.
The penalty may be some what of the issue but you are always going to have people break the law no matter what the penalty is.
And most people have lived in both environments. I understand that technology has made bad drivers even worse, and like I have said before in this thread I agree with the spirit of this. I just don't agree with the law. I REALLY want these idiots off the road, I do....we all have to deal with them every day. I am not supporting any kind of driving while texting, driving while dog on lap, driving while watching dvd, but I just don't like the broadness of this law.
Like I said before, we had laws that could have dealt with this in the past. Yes, it was harder to ticket someone for it because there usually had to be several violations happening over a span of time but we have all followed these people before and the always end up breaking more than one traffic offence.