Californians all around the blogosphere are responding to the new hands-free law, now in effect, in the same way I did, but more humorously. Be entertained!
Gizmodo:
Hands-Free Law, Smands-Free Law: Distracting, Dangerous and Ridiculous Things You Can Still Do While Driving. USE A BANANA!
Break.com Video:
Hands Free Safe Drivers
[...] [Edit, 2008-07-03: For the humor, see this post.] [...]
Haha… cool video. I was talking to Roland about the law and he said that while the base fine is $20, by the time they slap on all the fees and assessments you’re usually looking at more than 3x that amount.
I think the law really just brings awareness to the population and aims to decrease handheld cell phone usage. People will break it anyway because, like other laws, it can’t be 100% enforced.
On the other hand, while the law doesn’t specifically address texting (which obviously is more dangerous), the patrol officer’s perspective is that the safe speed for texting is 0 mph. So if you get pulled over while texting, you can be written a ticket for unsafe speed. If you’re driving 35 mph while texting - that’s a speeding ticket - for going 35 mph above the appropriate speed limit. Speeding tickets cost more than cell phone tickets, too!
I think they shouldn’t have had to pass the cell phone law. Now they have to add laws or append the cell phone one for texting, doing makeup, e-mailing on a laptop, etc. They should’ve just told police to more strictly enforce the existing laws on RECKLESS driving.
Doreen’s right though, it does increase public awareness. IMO, that’s the biggest benefit of cell phone law.
Just create a new line of banana peel cellphone covers. >:D
haha well, obviously, you had some childhood trauma involving small streams :)
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