Ban Text And Driving or Lose Funding
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009A group of politicians in the usa are using the force of federal funds to push behavior control down to the individual states. This is a growing issue in Canada as well as Strathcona county here in Alberta has already banned cell phone use while driving. The government needs to stay out of behavior control , if why ban cell phones why not ban radios or passengers? The level of multi-tasking a driver can preform should be up to the driver. If the driver ends up in an accident then they should be punished. Don’t punish every one because some people can’t drive (likely would be bad drivers even with out cell phones)
You can read more of my thoughts on this on the past post here Let Big Brother Do Your Thinking.
WASHINGTON (AP) – States would be required to ban driving while texting or face the loss of highway funds under legislation being pushed by a group of senators.
New York Sen. Charles Schumer and three other Democrats plan to unveil the bill on Wednesday. It follows a study by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute that found that when drivers of heavy trucks texted, their collision risk was 23 times greater than when not texting.
Fourteen states and the District of Columbia ban texting while driving.
Under the Senate proposal, states would need to outlaw texting or e-mailing while operating a moving vehicle or lose 25 percent of their annual federal highway funding.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
