On 2006-07-01 23:02:13 -0400, Dave Smith said:
> George Max wrote:
>
>>
>>>
>>> Guess it doesn't matter to YOU, and according to YOU it shouldn't
>>> matter to anyone, that cell phones have recently caused more accidents
>>> than all other kinds of inattention combined. NO NEW LAWS! Read my lips!
>>
>> Right. Even better for you, I speak to my representatives. What
>> about you?
>>
>> No new laws. When you're driving badly, you get a ticket. Whatever
>> the reason. You cause an accident, you get cited. Maybe more.
>> Regardless the cause. Cell phones are not suddenly turning people
>> into bad drivers. Bad drivers are bad drivers. Cells didn't make
>> them that way.
>>
>> Cause an accident? Using a cell? Inattentive driving. Get punished.
>>
>> There's already plenty of laws on the books. *Use them!*
>
> The idea should be accident prevention, not punishment. There are speed
> limits to slow people down and penalties for failure to stop at stop signs
> and stop lights rather than just having failure to yield laws and laying
> charges only if there is an accident. Tailgating is a form of careless
> driving, but has it's own violation.
That character seems to think that new technologies, such as cell
phones, can be handled by old buggy-whip laws.
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