Do they intend to ban Hands Free cell phone use to? If all cell phone communication is banned, what about CB radios?
If I’ve got a cell phone up against my ear, they can see it, but if I’m talking hands free, or texting with the phone below eye sight, how will they tell? Will there be some kind of detection device to let them know a cell phone is in use?
CB gets thrown out there a lot as a red herring but I think a big part of the issue is that a cell conversation is generally just that, a conversation wihtout long pauses expected or interpreted well. CB chatter is when-you-can, if someone takes 30 seconds to comment back, there isn’t a negative response. If CB etiquette expected you to respond immediately when addressed, and you were expected to be attentive to every last thing said, then yes, you would have seen a problem a long time ago.
Maybe people who don’t see a difference between CB and cell talking haven’t spent much time on trucker bands?
This proposal would also ban listening to iPods and even hands-free cell phone use.
if any states pass bills like this, I will flagrantly and commonly violate the law.
Period.
I will listen to my music. And I will use my phone hands-free. Never handheld, but hands-free.