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Once again, we're trying to legislate against stupidity and the lack of common sense. It won't work, and the people who will lose will be the ones who use common sense.



Yeah just like they do with all those dammm drunks...sh!t we should just let them decide if they are too drunk to drive..."The Man trying to keep us down"...

Forget all the deaths caused by cell phone use while driving...after all it's really only the STUPID ones who can't handle their booze...I mean Cell phone...

In 2001 in California, for example, "at least 4,699 reported accidents were blamed on drivers using cell phones, and those crashes killed 31 people and injured 2,786," according to an analysis by The Los Angeles Times. That number can expected to be low, because of the lack of formal procedures for noting cell phone use as a cause of a traffic accident.

But I'm sure it's just the MAN trying to keep us down...

The estimates of annual deaths reported in this week's article (2,600) may well be low. The number, for U.S. deaths related to drivers using cell phones, comes from a 2002 study by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis (HCRA). Researchers then estimated that the use of cell phones by drivers caused approximately 2,600 deaths.

But then again those of us who HAVE to talk on the phone, well obviously our NEEDS are more important than those who died...

It's MY a$$ on the line and those I love are often on the back...I'm sorry but your 'all important' phone call isn't NOW or will it EVER be worth MY life or the life of ANYONE!

And to those who say "whats next? can't change the radio...or talk to your passengers"

Get real...when those things have the kind of proof that they KILL that cell phone use has...then YES THEY SHOULD BE NEXT...

Emergency responders should be allowed limited use...

But that's it!

Now stop whining and face the facts...cell phone use IS THE SAME AS DRIVING DRUNK!!!

HANG UP and PRAY that the next time chuckle-head misses a light because he was going over the shopping list with his wife...you're not the one he hits...or perhaps you might just forgive him...after all he's just using the phone and everyone knows that's FINE...perhaps the two of you could go hang at the pub and tip a few...then call each other on the way home...after all you're SMART so you can't get drunk or be distracted by something as simple as a phone...

Sorry my life ain't worth your ego!

THE VOICE OF REASON per: Stewart AF&AM/Shriner/Scoutmaster 130/45 TBS 2shim SS Uni 18/42