I voted no...I started to really pay attention to politics and how laws are made beginning with the seatbelt laws...this is just another continuation of restrictions of our freedoms...and it is never going to end in the near future...there will be more to come on down the road.

Don't we already have laws against dangerous and reckless driving?

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Interesting question. Hey, did someone at NB get a ticket recently? I'm kind of okay with people using their cell phones while driving, as long as they're not simultaneously eating lunch, studying a map, and applying their makeup.

anneftx I voted 'no' for the plain and simple reason that I
don't think Big Gummint should stick in its ignorant finger in every
darned pie. I raced SCCA cars in Upper Marlboro (whoops, yes;
that's where the cigarette got its name) in my late teens and wouldn't
think of doing so w/o a five point harness. I thought people who
did not use seat belts were ignorant of physics -- until I was told
that I MUST USE MY SEATBELT. I believe I'm emotionally immature
and stuck in a rebellious adolescent state at age approaching 60.
I sucked it up and continued to use my seatbelt. Common sense
sometimes trumps knee jerk defiance.

In re cell phones, I may the last person in the U.S. to not have
one and it makes me sad to watch people walking around our interesting
neighborhood with a cell phone glued to their ear. They are
unaware of their surroundings. I suspect this is so when they
drive. I do not understand this. When I'm in challenging
traffic (as opposed to cruising at 80 MPH on a west Texas highway), I
turn off the radio. If you've ever raced, you know the keen attention
that is required. If you've never raced, you know the keen
attention that is required to drive on highly populated streets and
highways.

I eagerly await bans on listening to radios/audios
while driving, or smoking, or eating or, heaven forfend putting on
makeup. As for kids watching videos while the world passes
by...well, I take a pass. Apparently it is no longer necessary to
find the next oak tree, or VW bug, or blue painted car to pass the time.

Ban cell phone use while driving? No. Deplore it? Yes.

That's one girl's opinion.

that is all this is. bunch of ninnies who have to tell us all what to do. maybe the law should be "if you are a liberal, and want your life controlled by the DC crowd, you may not phone while driving".

What will be next?

A law preventing us from changing the channel on our car radios? A law preventing us from changing CD's?

A law preventing us from drinking our morning coffee or favorite soft drink?

A law preventing women from farding while driving? By the way, farded or farding is the application of make up!

Give me a break. I get annoyed at phone talking drivers like the next guy but I'll be dipped if I want another blank'n law telling me what I can and cannot do and  in MY CAR no less!!!!

If there is an accident caused by a cell phone usnig driver, then charge the driver with reckless driving and be done with it.

This is just another example of intrusive government. There are already plenty of ways to hold someone accountable for their actions without another 'feel good' law that further isolates individual responsibility and accountability.

I was one of the first advocates in my county.  This is clearly not a "nanny state" issue.  You're operating large machinery in public that is potentially lethal or harmful to others; even at low speeds.

And yet some want to divide their attention and operate other devices at the same time.  Yeah, whatever.  Get off the road and do it. 

If it can be proven (<---  key word now) that your attention was distracted doing anything behind the wheel (makeup, shaving, flossing, stereo, etcetera), I think you should be held responsible for it.

-PJ

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I voted yes. Mainly because I live right next to a high school. When school lets out it is like the start of World 600. The kids all have cell phones to their ears even though it is a law here in NC that bans teens from driving while talking unless it is to a parent or 911. Kinda dumb as to how to enforce it. So just ban it all. If you go onto any military installation in this country your better not get caught talking unless it is a hands free device.

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I take it many people want to reduce the freedoms of others. FYI, I only need one hand to drive an automatic.

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All telephone calls are obscene.

If the idiots did not have a phone, they'd be running you off the road for some other reason.

LIKE MAYBE THEY DO NOT PAY ATTENTION WHILE DRIVING ANYWAY??

Ban bad drivers because they won't drive well without cell phones either.

The Government has been blaming the driver, for all kinds of problems, so that they can continue their campain of obscurantism there by NEVER improving the highway system.

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