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^^^ Good point on the screaming children.....

I remember a quote from someone.... It went something like this....

Children in the back seat cause accidents....
Accidents in the back seat cause minivans.....

 

Does that apply to cops because I see them texting just as much as everyone else.

 

I would say NO, because it is illegal to talk on your cell phone while driving in MD, but I see State Troopers doing it all the time.

Jim

 

Figures. Need to start giving them tickets!

 

Nice law & I hope it works, but I feel it will be one of many that are ignored by most people. Yep police included.

 

how is a cop going to judge if you are 19 or 21? just wondering?

 

Well.....they will surely know that I'm neither

 

Just as an FYI the real goal of this law is not to write tickets, BUT to give the state a way to educate the public about the issue. The same method was used with DUI and has been very effective.

Personally I like the concept of putting sensors in the steering wheels that know if your hands are on the wheel. A few manufacturers are developing systems that turn the radio off if your hnds are off the wheel for longer than a few seconds. Getting people to use proper form when driving would make our roads a lot safer.

 

So education has kept drunks off the roads? Color me skeptical. :-/

 

I have mixed feelings about this law. Generally speaking texting and driving is bad, but there are times when it's OK to thumb type a response to someone on your phone from behind the wheel. IMO this law is just another example of big brother stepping in to decide what's best for us. Texting while driving can be distracting as hell, but so can screaming children in the back seat. Why not pass a law to ban that?

 

Texting while driving should never be allowed. It is to distracting regardless of whether or not you can "blind" text with your thumb. On that note, I strongly feel that they should simply make distracted driving an offense if an accident or reckless driving is involved. Just make the offense worse if you are found to have been distracted regardless if it is from cell phone use, changing the radio station, or the screaming kids. Make those that cause the problems be responsible for their actions.

 

We had our cell phone ban a few months ago (hands free devices are OK). I think they just shoot you here if you're caught texting though.

 

Wish they'd make cell phones a hands free law here too.

 

Voice recognition is becoming actually useful, so it's going to be less of an issue as time goes on. Siri on the iPhone and similar Android functions do pretty well for texting these days.

My guess is that people will actually have to learn how to use their phones, and buy new ones if their current ones don't support voice recognition.

Technology has already solved this problem. Time for people to catch up.

 

The steering wheels allow for a couple seconds of one handed driving. They did research on how long it takes the typical person to take a drink from a cup in a car. Depending on how much digging you have to do youmay be fine or ou might be better off consulting a doctor

Personally I think if you cause an accident with injuries while talking or texting your punishment should be a lifetime ban on driving or cell phone ownership you get to pick. Nothing and I mean nothing pisses me off more than seeing a person leave their lane while on the cell phone when there is a passenger in the car. Just give them the stupid phone to have the conversation about curing cancer, because obviously you must be talking about cures for life threatening desieases if you are willing to risk the lives of the people in the cars next to you to tell someone something at that very moment.

 

I was out and about today and people are driving faster on the freeway. It's cause no one is texting .... Damn...

 

i hope they can enforce it better than they do out here... i feel it should be a primary offense because most who are busy texting actually slow down because they are thinking abut the text and not on driving

 

Not a fan of slow drivers yapping on phones, I just pass them. What really burns me are the ones who wander about in & out of there lanes with no clue they are causing problems for everyone around them. Many poor drivers out there, add a phone & they do not improve.

I think a steering wheel that has to have 2 hands on for the car to work is the ultimate in stupid nanny's. Some people have to drive one handed, what are they to do take a bus?