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Originally posted by Piotr
Instead of banning the phones I suggest penalizing inattentive drivers.
Like the ones eating or drinking, trying to pacify their kids in the back sit, trying to adjust radio in heavy traffic, smoking, spitting, talking to a passenger, arguing with the spouse, trying to adjust mirrors, arguing with other driver, daydreaming, sleeping (applies to drivers going 10 miles below posted speed limit in the left lane-see other post on this forum), and playing with climate control at highway speeds.
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Exactly! If you're going to ban cell phones, you better ban fast food in cars, coffee, soft drinks, potato chips, cigarettes, kids, stereos, GPS, DVDs, talkative teenagers, angry wives, billboards, fender-benders on the side of the road, cops pulling other drivers over, and sexy blondes on the sidewalk, because they ALL distract drivers and cause just as many accidents! Cell phones are just the latest "trendy" thing to blame for the general lack of driver skills and individual responsibility in the US.
EVERYONE gets distracted by something...Stop blaming it on the object, and START blaming it on the DRIVER!
Mike