1. That 13,000 of new government regulations of Obamacare are a good thing.
2. That socialism (government works).
3. That government bureaucrats controlling what we eat and drink they do it for our own good.
etc.
Seriously? Are you saying texting is a safe driving behavior? Spying is one thing. Lying to support your case is another.
To be a democrat you have to believe:
1. That 13,000 PAGES of new government regulations of Obamacare are a good thing.
2. That socialism (government works).
3. That government bureaucrats controlling what we eat and drink they do it for our own good.
etc.
I don’t mind police looking in to see if drivers are texting and driving. I hate the nanny state as much as the next guy but if you are in your car, people can look in through the window. If you are texting, you should be pulled over. There are many more nanny-state laws that bother me worse than this.
>>this money is wasted on preventing a behavior that is not linked to a marked increase in traffic fatalities.
Fatalities? Perhaps. What about auto accidents? In the last 4 years, I have been rear-ended by a person texting and my wife was rear-ended by a person texting. I’ve been driven onto the shoulder by texters many times. I’ve seen texters startled by a red light turning green in the lane beside them and jumping out in the intersection on a red turn light.
If I had a choice between sharing the road with drunks or texters, I’d choose the drunks because at least they are looking out the windshield.
“...a behavior that is not linked to a marked increase in traffic fatalities”
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The author needs to substantiate this. Personally, I think that “texting” very much contributes to automobile accidents, injuries and fatalities.
Worst ban we ran into when our kids were in gradeschool occurred when a nosey teacher discovered we always sent the kids in with fresh made french croissants ~ with chocholate chips, and sometimes with pate chaude.
The Vietnamese French bakery just down the street was on the right schedule.
The teacher told my spouse that such buns ~ SHE CALLED THEM BUNS ~ were not allowed because they were too flakey, and that she should come up with something other than Chinese food for morning snack!
I don't believe we complied. Now about life's lesson, when our youngest was visiting the Louvre several years back with a college group he found a kiosk based bread and cheese store in the vicinity and ate these fantastic lunches of fresh croissant with 2 or 3 kinds of cheese just now cut off a block by the proprietor. When too busy looking through the galleries he'd knock off a bowl of artichoke hearts ~ one of life's nicer surprises.
But buns? We never served just buns!