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Originally Posted by ken0042
I'll be the first to admit- I have some bad habits behind the wheel; and this new law may help me break some. If people are pointing out other people- good.
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I have always (since the days of the annoying earplug with the mic on the cord) been strict with myself about making sure my calls were hands-free, so that part of the law doesn't really change anything that I do. And studies to the contrary be damned, being hands-free definitely makes me a safer driver. I enjoy driving a manual transmission, so the hands and attention required are simply too much to have a phone stuck to my ear.
What I am realizing, however, is that my habit of checking emails/texts at red lights was worse than I first thought. Now that it is "officially" taboo, I reach down for my phone at red lights way more frequently than I realized, and immediately feel that shameful, guilty feeling. I was never one to read my phone while moving, but the habit of looking at it whilst at a standstill is really becoming apparent.