Friday, January 11, 2008

Do we really need studies....

..... to show us THIS or THIS or THIS or THIS one from 1997???

Enough already. I understand in this new world order and fast-paced world we now enjoy as our own, some view their cell phone as a necessity. Fine, just don't use it while you're driving. No, you're really not "just as good a driver" while using a cell phone behind the wheel. I took the bus from Boulder to Denver for almost 6 years while suffering through my last term of employment and the observations I made from the relative safety of a bus were frightening. You, and that one phone call there, are really not that important when you're endangering a dozen or more people around you on the roads.

Just hang up and drive - click here to get a bumper sticker stating just that from one of my favorite talk show duos.

Click here for a comprehensive list of current laws and/or restrictions by state. Call your local and state representatives and get cell phones off the ears and out of the hands from that not-so-good-a-driver-anymore. And once again, just to illustrate that the US is chicken shit when it comes to this kind of thing, we are well behind the curve of the rest of the world on yet another public safety/human health issue.

1 comment:

funkylegs said...

Goes to show ya how strong the lobbies are in the US. I use my cell while driving but would not cry if it was banned. Somedays it's like, 'Where did those last five miles go?' :-)