I saw in todays WSJ that WisDOT wants the PSC to give them exclusive rights
to "511" calls so that drivers can find out about road construction, and
even "restaurants nearby."
Excuse me? Why is WisDOT encouraging drivers to distract themselves with
cell phones, when everyone from the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration to the New England Journal of Medicine to "Click and Clack"
have reported that the use of cell phones (yes, even "hands free cell
phones") result in the same increased incidence of crashes as driving while
intoxicated?
From their own website: "Protecting your safety and consumer interests is
an integral part of the mission of the Wisconsin Department of
Transportation."
Yet apparently safety is not as integral to their mission as providing
driver's with information such as what restaurants are nearby (though I
suppose that's very beneficial to drivers who cannot read the signs at
every exit telling them what Food Gas and Lodging are nearby. wait a
minute, if a driver can't read those signs, should they really be driving?)
oh I give up...
chuck
Chuck Strawser
Madison Project Coordinator
Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin
106 E. Doty Street, Suite 400
Madison, WI 53703
voice: 608-251-4456
fax: 608-251-4594
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