Originally Posted by jammies

That's the problem, we're setting the bar pretty low for "circumstances" if taking away someone's phone for a day like a mom with a disobedient teenager is the rule. Again, if texting while driving is such a pressing issue, get cops out on the streets looking for people and make the penalties severe. Heck, make it so you lose your phone for a year after your 3rd offence, and as long as that's something a judge determines after you've had your day in court, I'll have no problem with it.

It's the idea that we're going to circumvent due process for minor traffic violations that is wrong, not the idea that we will punish texters. The number of people who don't get this, while proclaiming those of us who don't want this to go forward are the ones who "don't get it" would amaze me if it wasn't all too common with issues of this type. It's an old adage that two wrongs don't make a right, so you better be sure the wrong you are advocating isn't worse than the wrong you're decrying.