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<blockquote data-quote="cmhbob" data-source="post: 1675046" data-attributes="member: 20220"><p>There has never been a need for a ban. There has always been a desperate need for states to be more effective in prosecuting violations of the laws concerning failure to control your vehicle. None of those laws care why you lost control, only that you failed to maintain reasonable control. Doesn't matter why: Cellphone. Makeup. Reading a book. Adjusting the radio. Writing a check. Having sex. None of those are specifically banned, and they don't need to be. Just address the effect of the behavior - loss of control - and go from there.</p><p></p><p>The only thing the NTSB recommendation will do is cause a bunch of ineffective laws to be written very poorly.</p><p></p><p>What about phones with GPSs? How are you going to deal with that? Most legislators won't think that far ahead. What about people who use their cellphone for music? Is that going to be banned?</p><p></p><p>Define "use." Define "message." When your phone's GPS software tells you to turn, is that receiving an electronic message? </p><p></p><p>There's also the issue that phone and texting bans have been shown to actually increase crashes. The basic idea is that rather than holding the phone up high where they can quickly look from phone to road, people hold them down low, out of sight, and get more distracted.</p><p></p><p>See <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/09/30/texting-while-driving-bans-increase-crashes-study-says-rumpus-erupts/" target="_blank">http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/09/30/texting-while-driving-bans-increase-crashes-study-says-rumpus-erupts/</a></p><p></p><p>I fully expect the Feds to coerce bans from every state legislature via blackmail using highway funds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cmhbob, post: 1675046, member: 20220"] There has never been a need for a ban. There has always been a desperate need for states to be more effective in prosecuting violations of the laws concerning failure to control your vehicle. None of those laws care why you lost control, only that you failed to maintain reasonable control. Doesn't matter why: Cellphone. Makeup. Reading a book. Adjusting the radio. Writing a check. Having sex. None of those are specifically banned, and they don't need to be. Just address the effect of the behavior - loss of control - and go from there. The only thing the NTSB recommendation will do is cause a bunch of ineffective laws to be written very poorly. What about phones with GPSs? How are you going to deal with that? Most legislators won't think that far ahead. What about people who use their cellphone for music? Is that going to be banned? Define "use." Define "message." When your phone's GPS software tells you to turn, is that receiving an electronic message? There's also the issue that phone and texting bans have been shown to actually increase crashes. The basic idea is that rather than holding the phone up high where they can quickly look from phone to road, people hold them down low, out of sight, and get more distracted. See [url]http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/09/30/texting-while-driving-bans-increase-crashes-study-says-rumpus-erupts/[/url] I fully expect the Feds to coerce bans from every state legislature via blackmail using highway funds. [/QUOTE]
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