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Originally Posted by Ford Prefect
I'm usually opposed to the government legislating how we live our lives, but this is safety issue, not a life style issue. Kind of like seat belts and bike helmets. So go for it Ed.
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Of course, with safety belts and helmets, one can argue that the person is only endangering themselves with their own idiocy, so why should the government have to regulate it?
With Cellphones its a different issue. It can definitely be a distractor, but so can a myriad of other things... most of these things are built standard into a vehicle. Unlike drunk driving, which is a proven danger pertaining to a statistical majority. Like I said before, the biggest distractor is passengers... people that you may or may not otherwise love pointing out things and asking questions and shouting out things, and gasping out "oh god" when they remember something, all the while serving as a massive distraction to the driver. Things like this should just fall into the "people should know better" category, not the "government micromanagement" category... but why think when the government will eventually do it for you?