DC bans cell phone use while driving

[J_A_B]

Come now Storch, wouldn't you call driving one of those underpowered tin can go-karts punishment enough?

A badly-driven Ford Expedition concerns me a whole lot more than a Civic does seeing as a Civic is little more than a speed-bump (this I know from experience).


J_A_B  --> refuses to even enter small car

[Torque]

I'm with yeah Wulfie but wassup with these Cops working their onboard keyboards driving down the road and straddling the center line.

[Bluedog]

Originally posted by J_A_B
"Seriously, do you honestly believe that having one hand and whole lot of your concentration focused elsewhere is a good idea while in control of a tonne or so of moving metal? I dont."


I have never seen anyone complain about people who use CB radios, which arguably require more concentration than a cell phone.  Those have been in common use since the 1960's.  

My Cadillac had one, and I'll install in the Buick sooner or later.  It really is a nice tool to have if you do much freeway driving.


Of course you also don't usually see a parent with 5 kids in the minivan chatting on the CB, lol.  


J_A_B

You have a very good point about CB radios there J_A_B, I had never really considered it like that before.

The guys who use them are often in control of a lot more than one tonne of moving metal too.
Are there any laws governing the use of a radio/CB while driving?

[DREDIOCK]

The problem really isnt with the talking while driving. Cept for the half dozen women I see every morning flapping their yaps on one while also putting on their makeup and brushing their hair in the rearview at the same time.
The real problem is dialing while driving

Im for the cell phone ban. Hell, I'd also like to see em banned inside resturants and stores and probably a few other places.
I've seen a few stores where Cell phones wouldnt work once you got about 10 feet inside the store.
Always gives me a chuckle to see the scowl come over people faces when they are suddely cut off and they realise they have to go back outside for their phone to work
Dunno what they did during construction to cause this but I think it should be made into national code

If you wanna talk on the phone take it outside or to the side of the road

[DREDIOCK]

Originally posted by Bluedog
You have a very good point about CB radios there J_A_B, I had never really considered it like that before.

The guys who use them are often in control of a lot more than one tonne of moving metal too.
Are there any laws governing the use of a radio/CB while driving?

Yes but you usually dont have to take your eyes off the road for several seconds to make the radio/CB work while you tune in

[DREDIOCK]

Originally posted by Torque
I'm with yeah Wulfie but wassup with these Cops working their onboard keyboards driving down the road and straddling the center line.

I say ban COPS.
They only slow things down:D

[AKIron]

Originally posted by rpm371
In Texas there IS such a law, Inattention to Surroundings. They rarely enforce it. Any Texas PO's here to explain?

No need to enforce it unless you demonstrate said inattention by erratic driving. You'd likely still be able to drink a beer while driving in Texas if not for the influx of all the liberals over the last couple of decades.