If we let them ban text-messaging while driving, then they'll want to ban eating while driving.
Posted on 09/24/2008 7:28:23 PM PDT by waus
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this afternoon outlawed text-messaging while driving.
He signed legislation banning drivers from sending, writing or reading messages on electronic devices starting in January.
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Danka, herr nanny.
So, they can’t look at their odometer anymore?
Remember what was it, the '84 Corvette? Had that gaudy arcade-game instrument panel? Yeah, that needed banning. This is important legislation.
This bill was passed before the train wreck and has no connection to it. When they passed they hands free law earlier this it was noticed that it did not include text messaging.
Drink or get high instead of texting while driving, it’s safer:
If we let them ban text-messaging while driving, then they'll want to ban eating while driving.
You’re probably right, it takes a tremendously greater amount of brain power and manual dexterity to stuff a burger in your pie hole compared to texting.
I used to think it was idiotic when I saw some areas ban cell phone usage while driving, but I’ve changed my mind. In the previous month, I’ve almost been t-boned by someone running a red light yapping away on a cell phone and followed a car where a dweeb was straddling the center line on a two lane highway texting someone..55 mph speed limit and he was doing 40. Its gotten ridiculous and becoming worse as each day goes by.
Here’s the reason why they are so distracting:
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