Meiers, Steve wrote:
There is already a law on the books prohibiting inattentive driving.
I thought I read that the semi driver got cited for that.
A law banning cell phone use would be a tough, tough sell. Below is an
editorial from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel- ( I do have to learn how
make links) quoting several people in the traffic safety business who
oppose it.
In the interests of stimulating a little Tuesday morning moral outrage-- goes
great with too much caffeine-- allow me to direct your attention to this 8
February 2007 article from the Associated Press (via Wired Online), in which we
learn that legislation has been proposed in NYC to criminalize the use of a
cellphone (or MP3 player, or et cetera) by a pedestrian while crossing a street:
http://tinyurl.com/2crnsc
If you take this bait, let me help you get that burn going: it would be legal in
Wisconsin for the 16-year-old kid driving his parent's SUV to use use his
cellphone driving through a crosswalk, but not for a pedestrian in NYC to use
hers while otherwise crossing the street legally.
As long as I'm showing off my link-making skills (but not quitting my day job to
take that on the road), here's one to another AP story (again via Wired Online)
about Doyle's proposed new tax on Big Oil:
http://tinyurl.com/3ytbq2
Anticipated-- if enacted-- to yield $2.7e8 over two years. Lest that take the
edge off your outrage, just remember: them gonna use that money to build them
some new roads and widen others.
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