[sparklite2]

The author’s views on drunk driving
must make an interesting read.

[Alberta's Child]

"Distracted driving" laws have the same flaw as "drunk driving" laws. They try to codify regulations about driving behavior that often have no correlation with the driver's capabilities at all.

If I'm stopped at a red light and someone drives into the back of my car at a speed of 40+ miles per hour, it makes no difference if the driver was drunk, texting, sleeping or just plain retarded.

"Preventive law enforcement" has no place in a free nation.

Another angle to this is that the entire auto industry -- including manufacturers, government regulators and safety advocates -- have effectively brought us to a point where distracted driving is implicitly encouraged. That's because vehicles have become so comfortable, safe, instrumented, and heavily automated that drivers can operate them very well without paying full attention to what they're doing.

[Don W]

Just like with DUI law, where they keep moving the “impaired” BAC level lower and lower, this is nothing more than another cash grab by the state/provincial governments.

Nannys. Not fond of overbearing do-gooders.