(To be fair, the Central Valley - incl. Fresno, Modesto, and Stockton - is not so bad...)
Posted on 05/21/2004 11:34:05 PM PDT by FairOpinion
LOS ANGELES — Limiting cell phone usage is a common goal of many legislatures, but California’s lawmakers want to up the ante, adding more than that to the list of what motorists can and can’t do behind the wheel.
A bill passed by the California state Senate (search) would subject drivers who talk on the phone, put on makeup, drink, eat, smoke, interact with pets or kids, read, write, tune the radio or program hand-held devices like Blackberries to fines of $35 for the first offense and $150 for the second.
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McClintock is against this law and I agree with him. I had to excerpt the article, so I couldn't post more of it, but I can paraphrase it. He said that there are already laws on the books for reckless driving. I agree. Police should focus on how the car moves, not what's happening inside.
I have seen drivers, who were not "distracted" drive very dangerously.
This only has to do with blue suited tax collectors engaging in a new feeding frenzy.
I think it's more than that.
I think cell phone users is becoming the next hated group, after smokers and overweight people.
Since many people make that point, that cell phone use is not the only distraction, CA is just trying to get around that argument, by including everything else.
But some people can walk and chew gum and the same time -- and drive and talk at the same time -- while others can't.
As I said, the law should focus on safe driving, and there are already laws on the books about that.
Are they going to ban children and passengers from cars next, since they can be a distraction too.
How about some enforcement of the existing traffic laws?
"How about some enforcement of the existing traffic laws?"
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Naw, taht makes too much sense and it's against the grain of the liberals. When existing laws aren't being enforced, they just pass new ones.
I can understand the cell phone and makeup issue, those can get people killed as of late.
The rest I am not inclined to agree with.
I've been seeing the cell phone thing comming for some time now.
Red
I've seen people reading books and newspapers. Back when I was a truckdriver I saw a gentleman getting a ****job from a lady. You can see a lot from the cab of a truck.
(To be fair, the Central Valley - incl. Fresno, Modesto, and Stockton - is not so bad...)
CA Dems politicians are bunch of MORONS.
I wonder if The terminator will sign it
California is a great state.
It's the liberals living here, that's the problem.
CA DEM PARTY OF CALIFORNIA = THE Communist party of Kalifornia.
Next :
Tax every time a californian goes to the rest room, shower, brush his/her teeth, wash clothers ,etc
Reagan came from CA, so did Nixon. I fear, though, that the libs have exceeded critical mass and it will take a massive crisis to change the electorates' minds and hearts. Having to choose between waging a social battle in a place held by the enemy and protecting my family from the harmful influences thereof, I opted for the latter.
Sandy (my daughter) will not grow up being taught that abortion is just fine and dandy, and to have her boyfriends "use a condom". I'll be d***ed before that happens.
Why don't they just get it over with and require everyone in a moving vehicle to wear a helmet and 6-point racing harness.
That will alleviate talking on the phone, makeup, drinking coffee, etc.
Plus it's easy to see who doesn't have a helmet on.
Think of the revenue.
(Being sarcastic, of course)
Arnie will never sign this piece of Socialist garbage. I love his idea of have the Assembly meet for only a few months a year.
The Socialist Democrats have got to go.
I have posted a couple of these articles on a Democrat-leaning board so that the readers can see when these dems sponsor such bills. Many Dems are libertarians are heart and think of Dems as being the fun-loving, freedom and happiness pursuing party.
When they could not be more wrong.
I think that many of them have never had the part beliefs laid out to them. They just see Republicans = Old and stody and Democrats = BJs in the White House, pot smoking party animals.
It is good for many registered Dems to see how elected Democrats are eroding their personal liberties.
Why don't they just get it over with and require everyone in a moving vehicle to wear a helmet and 6-point racing harness.
That will alleviate talking on the phone, makeup, drinking coffee, etc.
Plus it's easy to see who doesn't have a helmet on.
Think of the revenue.
(Being sarcastic, of course)
Arnie will never sign this piece of Socialist garbage. I love his idea of have the Assembly meet for only a few months a year.
The Socialist Democrats have got to go.
I have posted a couple of these articles on a Democrat-leaning board so that the readers can see when these dems sponsor such bills. Many Dems are libertarians are heart and think of Dems as being the fun-loving, freedom and happiness pursuing party.
When they could not be more wrong.
I think that many of them have never had the part beliefs laid out to them. They just see Republicans = Old and stodgy and Democrats = BJs in the White House, pot smoking party animals.
It is good for many registered Dems to see how elected Democrats are eroding their personal liberties.
Not interact with children? Talking is interacting. This is craziness.
I think those are rare compared to cell phone conversations.
If you are in an area of California with all our cars, you know of how strong the connection between bad driving and cell phones are.
I don't see much makeup in cars being applied, but once I was waiting forever for a woman in front of me to make the right turn, she was signaling me using hand signals.
The hand signal ended up being here drying her nails!
I didn't notice the article mentioning mobile phone text messages. Texting while driving is just stupid, but I know people who do it (and needless to say, I refuse to drive with those people.)
Then again, just the other day a cashier at my local supermarket was telling me about the $230 fine (plus licence demerit points) she copped from the police the other week. I smiled sympathetically and told her to get herself a ten-dollar plug-in headset (which as yet, are not illegal...here)
"Back when I was a truckdriver I saw a gentleman getting a ****job from a lady."
That was no lady, that was my--oh, nevermind.
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