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<blockquote data-quote="Belthos" data-source="post: 2122701" data-attributes="member: 24944"><p>We could spend tens of millions of dollars on signs, education and enforcement.</p><p>We can call it the war on texting and since it affects the children and because it's scary when someone wobbles back and forth between lanes we will</p><p>turn enforcement over to homeland security and imprison the offenders for committing terroristic acts.</p><p></p><p>Better yet, once we declare war on it, we won't have to worry about violating their rights because they'll be illegal combatants and we can hold them without charging them.</p><p>Drones can hover above intersections and open fire on anyone who is using a cell phone illegally.</p><p></p><p>All kidding aside, I tend to suspect anything legislation that imposes large fines on people.</p><p>There will always be a tremendous pressure from budget crunched municipalities to use them as fund raisers.</p><p></p><p>Around my neighborhood people are getting 100 dollar fines for parking on their yards even when they have laid gravel to park their trucks on.</p><p>It's better for everyone when people do not park on the streets, it makes it safer and easier to navigate.</p><p>The city hired inspectors to drive around in teams and give 100 dollar tickets, it's like manna from heaven they can easily generate 100+ tickets a day generating 10,000 a day per team without any trouble.</p><p></p><p>We do not need more laws, we need smarter ones.</p><p>Do not try to make texting while driving illegal, you'd probably get more teens to give up alcohol than texting. Just make it illegal for cellphones to allow texting while moving fast.</p><p>I guarantee you the phone companies will fix it in a heartbeat rather than pay fines. The teens will all change out their phones within a year and new ones will render texting and driving</p><p>a thing of the past within a few years.</p><p></p><p>It will not stop them from texting at red lights or green ones, but at least they aren't likely to kill your family when they aren't moving.</p><p></p><p>If you really want to impose fines on people, allow the phone companies to charge them $10 a text from a moving cellphone. </p><p>The phone companies already have the technology in place to know where you are and how fast you are moving from the network side, regardless of your phone.</p><p>Give them a way to make money off it and they'll jump on it with both feet.</p><p>This will never pass because the cell companies will get rich, instead of the local governments getting all the money.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Belthos, post: 2122701, member: 24944"] We could spend tens of millions of dollars on signs, education and enforcement. We can call it the war on texting and since it affects the children and because it's scary when someone wobbles back and forth between lanes we will turn enforcement over to homeland security and imprison the offenders for committing terroristic acts. Better yet, once we declare war on it, we won't have to worry about violating their rights because they'll be illegal combatants and we can hold them without charging them. Drones can hover above intersections and open fire on anyone who is using a cell phone illegally. All kidding aside, I tend to suspect anything legislation that imposes large fines on people. There will always be a tremendous pressure from budget crunched municipalities to use them as fund raisers. Around my neighborhood people are getting 100 dollar fines for parking on their yards even when they have laid gravel to park their trucks on. It's better for everyone when people do not park on the streets, it makes it safer and easier to navigate. The city hired inspectors to drive around in teams and give 100 dollar tickets, it's like manna from heaven they can easily generate 100+ tickets a day generating 10,000 a day per team without any trouble. We do not need more laws, we need smarter ones. Do not try to make texting while driving illegal, you'd probably get more teens to give up alcohol than texting. Just make it illegal for cellphones to allow texting while moving fast. I guarantee you the phone companies will fix it in a heartbeat rather than pay fines. The teens will all change out their phones within a year and new ones will render texting and driving a thing of the past within a few years. It will not stop them from texting at red lights or green ones, but at least they aren't likely to kill your family when they aren't moving. If you really want to impose fines on people, allow the phone companies to charge them $10 a text from a moving cellphone. The phone companies already have the technology in place to know where you are and how fast you are moving from the network side, regardless of your phone. Give them a way to make money off it and they'll jump on it with both feet. This will never pass because the cell companies will get rich, instead of the local governments getting all the money. [/QUOTE]
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