Posted on 09/23/2013 6:57:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday announced measures aimed at drivers haunted by the sound of unanswered cellphone rings and dings. New highway signs will say: "It can wait: text stop 5 miles."
Drivers won't be steered to new pullout spots; the so-called "texting zones" will be in existing rest stops and parking areas. But Cuomo, who recently stiffened penalties for distracted driving, said the signs will help change motorists' behavior by reminding them that relief from the digital wilderness is just a few minutes down the road.
One federal study says that in 2011, 3,331 people were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver, compared with 3,267 in 2010.
Statistics in various studies differ, but one thing is clear: The number of people using mobile devices while driving is increasing.
"We have three times more distracted driving incidents than we had five years ago," said Cuomo, adding that there are now more traffic fatalities blamed on distracted drivers than on drunk drivers. He attributed the shift to more young people who grow up "attached, affixed to the electronic device."
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Weiner zones
In more ways than one.
Great. What’s next? Lookout Point for Selfies Ahead.
By the time thee are put in place, texting with your fingers will be a thing of the past.
Cuomo wants teenage girls to park for awhile in rest stops? There’s a good idea.
What’s next?
Well.... they could put charging stations in for electric vehicles. That way ‘resting’ would serve more than one purpose. Resting, texting, and charging, and toilet break. Can’t beat that combo.
Are these car-jacking fee zones too?
Sure can.
Where's that thread from a week or two ago about the European country that's putting "sex houses" in the rest areas for prostitutes to have their business without having to parade from car to car?
How important are these people that they cannot wait until they arrive at their destination without communicating with someone?
Astonishing. !
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Cell phones kill, they should be banned!
Who knew that the country was so blessed with tens of millions of writers so brilliant and fascinating that reading their every word would be this addictive?
You are right. Shouldn’t have left that out.
Isn’t that already a f’ait accompli at rest stops ?
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