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I signed. I've seen too many cellphone users running red lights, stop signs, and almost killing me.
I put random stuff and/or equipment in my sig, so all the signature elitists should go find something else to make themselves not feel like pathetic losers.
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some states already have laws against cellphone usage while driving. New York comes to mind. Not sure how it will go over in liberal Colorado though.
edit: I've never seen any major issues of cell phone yapping apart from people driving very slowly. I don't want to make a big deal of it in this thread, but, personally, I don't see how it's any different than talking to a passenger. It's just easy to target. You don't see anyone trying to pass the "no putting on makeup while driving" or the "no singing and dancing to the music while driving" or how about the "no more than 1 kid in the car at a time while driving" laws.
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- Joined: June 2005
- Location: Matthews NC
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Yep I wont talk on the road. Theres nothing so important that it cant wait for me to either pull over or get home. Call me crazy, but I kinda like the time I spend in a car. Its pretty much the only me time I get, and I hate having it interupted with a phone.
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- Joined: June 2005
- Location: Rochester/Buffalo, NY
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well i hate to admit it, but i do talk on the phone while driving from time to time, however i do keep it as short as possible, and only when its somewhat important, but even so, my main focus is the road
however the sad fact is, even if they do put up a law, its enforcing it thats a problem, in NY we have such a law, and yet i still almost get hit on a daily basis in my campus parking lots by kids rambling on about nothing on their cell phones, people drive past cops with their phones in plain sight, with nothing done about it
even worse, the law in NY states that any cell phone use requiring the use of a hand is illegal, ie holding onto your phone to use speakerphone, and still yet, cops don't do anything about it
so no matter how much i agree with you, and the idealogy this stands for, it really won't change much, not unless you can convince the majority of drivers that its an unnecessary distraction and a danger to anyone else on or near the roads worthy of the "inconvinence" of not being able to use your cell phone while driving
anyways, +1 to petition
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there was a study done in the UK a few months back that determined that people who multi-tasked effectivly had their abilities to complete a single one of those tasks is reduced as much as if that person had smoked pot, just food for thought
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Too bad I don't have access to the school's library anymore or I would have looked it up.
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