07-29-2009, 07:13 PM
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US Senators target driving-while-texting
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WASHINGTON — A group of US lawmakers on Wednesday moved to ban driving-while-texting, pointing to studies showing that sending messages from behind the wheel sharply increases the risk of a killer crash.
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Studies conducted by the VTTI found that text messaging resulted in the longest duration of "eyes off road time" -- 4.6 seconds over a six-second interval.
"This equates to a driver traveling the length of a football field (100 yards/meters) at 55 miles per hour (88.5 kilometers per hour) without looking at the roadway," it said.
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...E_K6ZylL9ififg
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07-29-2009, 07:27 PM
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Had an idea!
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Yay.
More government involvement in your personal lives.
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07-29-2009, 07:31 PM
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CP's Resident DJ
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Only an idiot would text message while driving. What is the best scenario that could happen? Driving North on Memorial?
Morons.
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07-29-2009, 07:31 PM
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wins 10 internets
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Originally Posted by Azure
Yay.
More government involvement in your personal lives.
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are you honestly condoning texting on your phone while driving a car?
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07-29-2009, 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Azure
Yay.
More government involvement in your personal lives.
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If it prevents more deaths and accidents, i'm all for it.
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07-29-2009, 07:35 PM
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Azure
Yay.
More government involvement in your personal lives.
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I agree with you here except when it involves putting other people at risk...which texting while driving does. This is way more important than banning cell phone calls while driving which many states already have.
There is even speculation that the LA commuter train collision was caused because one operator was texting.
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07-29-2009, 07:40 PM
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First Line Centre
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I think this law should apply to everyone but me. I guess I could declare my self a freeman!
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07-29-2009, 07:43 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by Dion
If it prevents more deaths and accidents, i'm all for it.
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So the next move is to ban all immigrants, women and old people from driving?
I'm not even going to use white text here because too many people will miss it. I am at least 20% kidding on this one.
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07-29-2009, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Shawnski
Only an idiot would text message while driving. What is the best scenario that could happen? Driving North on Memorial?
Morons.
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If it's a fatal accident, hopefully they kill themselves and not others. Problem is it's usually the other way around.
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07-29-2009, 08:18 PM
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07-29-2009, 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
I agree with you here except when it involves putting other people at risk...which texting while driving does. This is way more important than banning cell phone calls while driving which many states already have.
There is even speculation that the LA commuter train collision was caused because one operator was texting.
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How do they enforce it?
I mean, you can force someone to take a breathalyzer test when he is swerving back and forth on the highway, but how do you enforce this?
Give the police a computer program that shows all activity on your phone the past 10 min?
The only way to enforce something like this would be to get really involved in people's personal lives. Which is why I don't like it.
Sure, its stupid, and sure I want to run over the stupid bitch in the white car that almost blindsided me the other week in Lethbridge because she was texting, but I really don't know how you can enforce this without really keying in on what people are doing.
Cop pulls you over, all you need to do is close your phone. How is he going to prove that you were texting?
Knowing that, how many mistakes would be made by cops saying someone was texting, and the guy saying he wasn't?
Court cases galore.
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07-29-2009, 08:41 PM
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Basement Chicken Choker
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How do police prove you weren't wearing a seatbelt if you just put it on after you pull over? If it's your word against the officer's, 95% of the time the judge is going to believe the officer over you unless you can come up with a reasonable argument as to why he is lying or mistaken.
Further, if I'm in the car with you and catch you texting while driving, I'll be able to claim justifiable danger to the public as to why I was forced to shank you at the traffic light, eject your bleeding carcass from the car, and then proceed safely on my way as the new driver.
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07-29-2009, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Azure
Yay.
More government involvement in your personal lives.
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You could not get more cliche.
Hilariously brutal post.
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07-29-2009, 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Azure
How do they enforce it?
Cop pulls you over, all you need to do is close your phone. How is he going to prove that you were texting?
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Police could subpoena the drivers phone records to prove he or she was texting.
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07-29-2009, 08:48 PM
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Had an idea!
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Originally Posted by Dion
Police could subpoena the drivers phone records to prove he or she was texting.
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Sounds like a huge headache.
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07-29-2009, 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Pastiche
You could not get more cliche.
Hilariously brutal post.
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Your problem is you want to blindly support everything the government comes up with.
I'm telling you right now, enforcing something like this would be next to impossible, without going back through even more PERSONAL records.
The cop can see whether you're wearing a seatbelt or not without being in your car. How can he see if you're texting? Assuming he's not driving right beside you?
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07-29-2009, 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Azure
Sounds like a huge headache.
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Police subpoena stuff all the time for various cases. So you hire someone to take care of this stuff.
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07-29-2009, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Dion
Police subpoena stuff all the time for various cases. So you hire someone to take care of this stuff.
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Well fine, if you really want to go through all that red tape just to give someone a $200 ticket for texting while driving.
Personally, I have a problem with giving the police another reason to subpoena more of my personal stuff.
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07-29-2009, 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Azure
The cop can see whether you're wearing a seatbelt or not without being in your car. How can he see if you're texting? Assuming he's not driving right beside you?
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It probably starts with you driving in an erratic manner. Wether it be driving to slow or weaving on the road. Police pulls up beside you and sees you texting. Game over.
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07-29-2009, 08:54 PM
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Had an idea!
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Originally Posted by Dion
It probably starts with you driving in an erratic manner. Wether it be driving to slow or weaving on the road. Police pulls up beside you and sees you texting. Game over.
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Uh, no.
The cop is going to pull you over without pulling up to drive beside you to check if you're texting.
Especially if you're driving back and forth like you're drunk.
So how is he going to prove that your texting?
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