Should Cellular phone conversations be banned while driving?

[Rude]

Stay outta my life and leave me alone!!!!

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by Rude
Stay outta my life and leave me alone!!!!

{Devils Advocate Mode On}
But if you are yapping on the phone, and rear end someone, you've just invaded someone elses life with your decision to yap.   Its no longer "your life" thats affected.

[Furious]

you people are so stupid arguing about cellphones.  cellphones don't kill people.



BAN ALL CARS!!

and if that doesn't stop people from being injured...


BAN ALL PEOPLE!!


...ah that'll work nicely.  once we get rid of all the people there will be a drastic reduction in the number of injurys caused by cell phones.


F.

[lazs2]

come on guys... face it... whenever you see someone driving like a dufus for mo apparent reason.... you get close and see the stupid cell phone stuck in his/her ear...  they drive like crap.   There is a huge difference between converstaion with passengers and with a cell phone... the person on the cell is concentrating on  every word because he can't see the other persons reaction and he knows that they can't see his... he is very careful to not give or get the wrong impression.

I don't like to "ban" anything..  why not simply check the guys phone logs when he is in an accident or gets a ticket and double the penalty if he was on a cell phone?   We have a precedent... fines are doubled in construction zones.

personally.... I think people who can't drive or watch a movie without pretending to be so important that they need a cell phone are a holes.  NOw.... if for instance... you are on a long stretch of interstate 5 with light traffic... that's another thing.... might even help you by keeping you awake.  
lazs

[funkedup]

Originally posted by Ripsnort
Should Cellular phone conversations be banned while driving?

No.
That's like banning radios in airplanes.

[Rude]

I'm not runnin into anything while I talk on my phone....why? Because I can walk and chew gum at the same time....just because some accidents have been found to be caused by cellphone comatosis, should not mean no one can use them while driving.

Lazs has the correct approach to this problem...what's that called??? Oh yeah....ACCOUNTABILITY!!!

[Paxil]

It already is isn't it?... called distracted driving... and it can pertain to eating... smoking... trying to quite the kids in the back seat... anything that is affecting your ability to drive. I don't think we need another law. It think *some* people have a problem with talking on the phone and driving... but they also have trouble talking to the person in the passenger seat and driving. We have waaaay too many laws already... and I think this one is already coverered.

[hyena426]

i think cell phones in cars out weight the bad driving,,,say someone seen a accident,,or some one in trouble,,robberies,,rapes,,burglaries,,bad drunk drivers,,,i think the cell phone's save more lives than it gives up

[lazs2]

cell phones are the hands down winner for distracting.... maybe a tie with kids chokeing to death in the back seat...   Not even close for eating or conversing.

For causing accidents and impaired driving... tied with drunk/drugged driving... hard to tell (from a distance) if the driver is on drugs or a cell phone.

No problem.... I also don't see a problem with an open container of booze in the car (and I don't drink) but.... if you were on the phone when you caused the problem.... you should be more liable.  same for being intoxicated...  Anyone who believes that they are just as aware of their surroundins and drive just as well while conversing on the phone is living in the same sort of self servoing denial as drunk drivers.
lazs

[Curval]

I must admit...lazs definately has the right approach to this problem with cellies.

[midnight Target]

When we outlaw cellphones

Only outlaws will have cellphones!

[Tumor]

Saw a bumpersticker once that sum's up my feelings on the matter.....

"DO YOU THINK YOU COULD DRIVE ANY BETTER IF I STUCK THAT PHONE UP YOUR ASS?"


Of course the reaction I had would probably lead to someone banning bumper-stickers too.

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by midnight Target
When we outlaw cellphones

Only outlaws will have cellphones!

Heeeeey! Thats got a snappy tune to it! I like it!

[hyena426]

cell phones are the hands down winner for distracting

according to national deaths,,,only 57 death last year happen because of cell phones,,compared to how many drunk drivers?,,i would say allcohall is way more of a killer

Anyone who believes that they are just as aware of their surroundins and drive just as well while conversing on the phone is living in the same sort of self servoing denial as drunk drivers

maybe,,but does the death toll ring the same?,,there are more people dieing of drunk driving than anything else in this world,,More than 500,000 Americans are injured annually in crashes involving alcohol, and the annual economic cost of alcohol-related crashes exceeds $114 billion.Last year, 17,448 were killed in alcohol-related crashes -- representing 41 percent of all traffic deaths. <~~now that is a good reason to make allcohall illegal while driving,,,,i dont know if 57 deaths is anuff to make a law over,,heck,,i bet 57 deaths happen a year while driving because of site seeing,,lol<~~going to make us stop lookin out of the windows next?,,lol,,i beleve phone use is a distraction,,but i dont know if its anuff to warant a law over it

[Fatty]

Originally posted by lazs2
There is a huge difference between converstaion with passengers and with a cell phone... the person on the cell is concentrating on  every word because he can't see the other persons reaction and he knows that they can't see his

So you're saying it would be better if he were looking at the passenger while driving?