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This is it -- the No texting while driving law starts this month
Well, here in Manitoba anyway. I know there are laws in effect in certain other places already and they are spreading to many other states and provinces rapidly, but they may not cover quite as much as the ones we're about to experience.
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Agree? Disagree? Love these laws or hate them? What are they like where you live? |
Just what we need more laws!
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Not a big deal. If you don't have bluetooth in your car, its time for an upgrade anyways :)
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On the road near my house where I walk my dog, every other car is a girl driving while texting. They should change the law to "no chicks can drive with a cell phone in the car, because those bitches can't go 1 minute without texting their BFF."
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they should just make universal ports in cars standard like seat belts... that would save lives, there is no sure data on how many people who have gotten into accidents because of stupid stuff like this because the phone is no where to be found at the scene i'm sure...
but we all have a story of someone almost hitting us because 'that idiot' was texting on their phone at the time.. so i think its far more a danger than some think. |
That's very interesting. It's another law to protect health.
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people are so stupid that there actually has to be a law to tell them its bad to text and drive...retards!!!
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it's really sad that you need to force people by law not to be so stupid...
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I can't even read and reply to a text while going along as a passenger fuck knows how you are supposed to be able to do it and drive too.
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People are STUPID enough to text while driving??!! Are you serious? That has to be one of the most idiotic things i have ever heard.
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Some comments from people on various blogs and forums on this...
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All that is standard procedure here in Cali. And people violate the law constantly.
http://brokenzombie.com/junk_bin/gfy/hands_free.jpg |
Some people have forgotten why test messaging was invented...it's for messaging. People are getting into long conversations and doing it in the car. At least make a call, if you just have to tell your cousin that you had anchovies on your fucking pizza last night.
Testing is great when you need to send a quick message without having to get tied up in a conversation. You can say something like, "be there at 5" or "bring the dildo" or whatever. Why are people chit chatting with it constantly? |
god i hate the idiots who text or are talking on the phone on a handheld. never see where the hell they are going. they've really cracked down on it recently here in Whistler, cops doing nothing but waiting for some moron to come around the corner on his phone. my girl and i were sitting out on a patio the other day having lunch, and they were pulling over people left and right lol.
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From June 18th article in the Winnipeg Sun...
Hang Up That Phone Well all I can say is it's about time. A few people seem to be able to manage yapping on phones etc while driving, but there are just too damn many who can't. They lane-wander, they cut you off, they're just oblivious idiots who need to be stopped, period. |
I dunno about you people but i can have a cigar going, while drinking a water, making a call, steering with my knee and putting a CD in with my cock. bad drivers are bad drivers. they should make it harder to get your license in the firstplace all these bans on this and that have 0 effect imo.
there needs to be less people on the road = more skilled drivers on the road. |
In turn spend less money on the police force who are just out writing tickets all day, less need for crowded roads and put that money towards more advanced public transportation system.
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Just started here about a week ago. In the first day they ticketed +600 people in my city. $125 ticket. You do the math.
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The smoking thing is stupid in the sense that they'll try to regulate anything that pumps out carcinogens KNOWN TO BE IN CAR EXHAUST.. except car exhaust.
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We've had the same laws in Holland for like 2 years now. I already got 2 fines so far.
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A bunch of my cousins little 18 year old girlfriends were killed a few years back...it is believed that the girl who was driving was texting at the time. I actually think you posted the news here on the board CD.
This law is a good thing. Thankfully, my phone as speech to text :) |
Should be as effective as speeding laws. Those work pretty good, right?
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I was nearly run down last Friday by a guy texting who failed to notice a stop sign. I'm in favor of the cops dragging offenders from their cars, and summarily executing them at the side of the road.
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It's been a law here in NYS for a while that you can't hold your phone to talk and drive, but it's not something they really seem to enforce. The one person I know who got a ticket for it, was actually pulled over for speeding and the cop let her off with the driving on the phone ticket...which she was doing too. Guess we'll see. |
its been in force in Ontario since feb. I guess the novelty of the threat of a fine has worn off, as I see more and more people taking and texting while driving.:2 cents:
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I saw an idiot ram is bike in a parked car while he was texting... I tried to ask him if he was alright but had such a hard time cause I was LOL to much.
Seriously why are people so addicted to texting that they cannot wait a few minutes. |
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That's good, I do it all the time and need to be stopped.
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I rode in a car with a guy who almost drove his car up a lamp post because a heavy chested girl was walking braless on the sidewalk. Not a single person in the car noticed we were about to crash for some reason.
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Under changes to the Motor Vehicle Act introduced by government last fall that take effect on Jan. 1, 2010, drivers will be allowed to use only hands-free cellphones and devices that require only one touch to activate. As of Feb. 1, a driver talking on a hand-held phone or electronic device will be subject to a fine of $167. In addition, drivers caught texting or emailing will be subject to three penalty points.
For new drivers in the Graduated Licensing Program (GLP), there will be a full ban on all cellphone and electronic devices, including hands-free. A recently released report entitled ?Teens and Distracted Driving? by Washington D.C.-based Pew Research found that of those teens 16 to 17 years of age who own a cell phone or text regularly, more than half have talked on a cellphone while driving, and one in three has texted while driving. ?Police chiefs in British Columbia support the new rules,? said Chu. ?This legislation provides Vancouver police with a valuable tool to improve road safety and better protect everyone on our streets. Since driving is a full-time activity, distracted and inattentive drivers will be subject to both education and enforcement by the VPD in our efforts to improve safety for all road users.? http://www2.news.gov.bc.ca/news_rele...044-000783.htm |
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They passed that here in Montreal a while ago, no hand held devices are allowed while driving, gps included.
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in my country texting and talking while driving is also not allowed, but the idiotic thing is that there are fines for pedestrians too, if you use your phone or mp3 player while crossing the street! (even on green lights or marked passing spots without traffic lights)
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Between trying not to get hit by dumb ass teens texting and blind old farts in Florida my defensive driving has gone on steroids.
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$300 fine for breaking it. |
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You're on your own. :D |
illegal as shit in WA and hasn't changed anything :/
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