Honolulu Considers Ban on Texting, Gaming While Driving

Good!  Most people are terrible drivers even when they do use both hands.

Here in my neck of the woods there was a big train crash caused by a conductor who was texting some train enthusiasts.

A lot of people died and it was the route my father uses. Luckily for him he got on a train that was after the one that crashed so was unscathed.

I have little sympathy for those that text while driving now. (I'm not in favor of max punishment or anything but still).

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My daughter is in fact grounded from her car right now for this very thing. We crossed paths in the neighborhood, she in her car, I in mine, and I saw he looking down. I u-turned and followed her back to my house and said "hand me the cellphone." Discovered that she had sent txts during her total drive from her friends house. Now she gets to take the bus to school again for two weeks.

I will not tolerate putting another idiot driver on the roads.

Actually, the police can pull the phone records for a cell phone from any company should they need it. After working for the legal department for Sprint, I don't trust anything I can do on a cell phone as everyone can read it.

Texting while driving is just stupid.

Talking on a cell is something some people can do while they drive and most can't do while they drive, hands free or not. I don't have a problem with people on the phone while driving, it's really no different than someone playing with the radio or singing along to their favorite song.

In fact, some people don't need a cell phone to drive like a moron, if you live in Seattle, you know what I mean. Can't begin to count how many times I've been cutoff on the 405.

In the end, reguardless of what people vote on, the government will continue to remove the little freedoms in our life like smoking inside, being less than four feet away when the stripper is topless, and talking on a cell phone while driving.

I saw a Ben Franklin quote from a member on here about sacrificing a little liberty for a little safety...

Maybe the government needs to follow that rule more closely.

Praetorian

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In other news:  Honolulu to ban drinking while driving and holding a baby while driving...

U.K. law is that you're not allowed to use your mobile at all while driving - regardless of what you're doing. Also, there's provisions which relate to doing anything which causes you to drive without undue care and attention. People have been charged with a criminal offence just for driving dangerously, even if they don't cause an accident. They've been charged driving their car erratically while changing their radio station, applying their make-up, eating breakfast and smoking.

Honolulu could really do with this law, but then again, you can't always legislate for every possible situation.

I think they should be investing money into AI driven vehicles more instead of laws against this stuff, because the sooner that technology comes, the sooner this, drunk driving and so on are all non-problems anymore.

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