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| Staring back from the abyss  |
Twice in the past week I have been nearly run off the road (today, my passenger side tires were in the ditch to avoid a head-on collision) by distracted drivers. I propose a new mandate that all vehicles manufactured in the US and those imported have installed in them a cell phone blocker that activates when the ignition is turned on. Any previously domestically manufactured or imported vehicles must have an after-market cell phone blocker installed prior to being registered for the next year. This law will go into effect immediately. Anyone found disabling or removing said blockers shall be punished by conviction of a felony and five years in prison. No exceptions. No excuses. Yes, I predict we'll hear the whining, crying, and gnashing of teeth, and the inevitable, "but, but, but...what if I have an emergency!?" My response? "I don't care!" I'm done. I'm sick of this shit. I hate cell phones and what they do to people with a frickin' passion.  ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | ||
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Misanthropic Philanthrope |
Yes, let's put it up there with more gun control laws.  ___________________________ Originally posted by Psychobastard: Well, we "gave them democracy"... not unlike giving a monkey a loaded gun. | |||
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| Too soon old, Too late smart |
Penalties for texting while driving should be no less than those imposed for DUIs. _______________________________________ NRA Life Member Member Isaac Walton League I wouldn't let anyone do to me what I've done to myself | |||
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| Leatherneck |
Nope. Did you come up with this idea while you were taking a sawzall to your AR? “Everybody wants a Sig in the sheets but a Glock on the streets.” -bionic218 04-02-2014 | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss |
Try as I might, I'll be damned if I can find any Constitutional protections for cell phones. Apple. Oranges. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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| Purveyor of Fine Avatars  |
If that law were to go into effect, I wouldn't be able to stream music while driving for work. It'd be torture! I vote no on your proposition. "I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes" | |||
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| Admit nothing. Deny everything. Make counter-accusations.  |
How about they simply enforce the existing penalties for distracted driving? Sound familiar? _________________________ "Ladies and Gentlemen - The Fit has hit the Shan!" | |||
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| Member |
To paraphrase a 911 operator, I ain't got time for this, for real! Sadly we are dealing with a portion of the population that doesn't care. Laws are not a deterrent for them. | |||
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The Unmanned Writer |
Maybe they were distracted by that big sky? Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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| I Am The Walrus |
I think towing and impounding a car would work. You'd think people would learn after only one time. I've never had a car towed and impounded but I understand it's quite pricey. _____________ | |||
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| Leatherneck |
Funny, I don’t think driving is in there either. Maybe you should just stay home if other peoples freedom frightens you so badly. “Everybody wants a Sig in the sheets but a Glock on the streets.” -bionic218 04-02-2014 | |||
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| Member |
All cars come with cell phone jammers | |||
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Sigforum K9 handler |
If it saves one life..... | |||
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| Stop Talking, Start Doing |
Why not pass a law that requires your cell phone to drive your car for you? _______________ Mind. Over. Matter. | |||
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Still finding my way |
How about making distracted driving a 12 point violation? | |||
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Not really from Vienna |
Yeah, we need more laws. Maybe one prohibiting imbeciles from reproducing. | |||
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| Go ahead punk, make my day |
Yup. Ban alcohol, tobacco, and sugary foods - because obesity kills. | |||
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thin skin can't win |
No no no. You're going about it all backwards. We need a law requiring companies to produce only self-driving fully autonomous cars from 2019 forward. Then folks can text and watch movies all they want. James Taggart can manage the implementation. You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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Member |
It seems we could just pass a law preventing you from driving. That would solve your issue without causing unnecessary restriction on everyone else. "The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people." "Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy." "I did," said Ford, "it is." "So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?" "It honestly doesn't occur to them. They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates the government they want." "You mean they actually vote for the lizards." "Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course." "But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?" "Because if they didn't vote for a lizard, then the wrong lizard might get in." | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
Wow! Everybody pushing back against a suggestion for one little law. Why, you'd think it was a proposal to infringe . . . Uh, wait a second while I think about that. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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