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iTrader: (3)

give it a few years and it will soon be illegal to even have a phone in the car.

mmarshall

It won't matter. It's already an unenforceable rule....a thousand times over. Too many people use cell-phones...the police will never be able to control it.

We have no-cell-phone-use laws now in some states, and people just laugh at them.

STIG

LOL, but at the same time, scientists need to pay for their bills with these "studies".

Some related studies also show that alcohol can get you drunk and smoking marijuana will get you stoned. Therefore, after more studies, you should not drink and be stoned while you are driving.

mmarshall

Just ask Lindsay Lohan.......and two wrecked Mercedes AMG's.

Nor is it limited to celebrities. One of our local police chiefs (Alexandria, VA) got stopped and busted for drunken driving in a neighboring jurisdiction...Arlington. He admitted it, didn't contest it and accepted the charges. And, let's be honest......for every DUI on the road, there are probably 10 or more people yakking on a cell-phone.

4TehNguyen

iTrader: (1)

still an unenforceable law, add texting to the millions of other possible ways to get distracted. Dont anyone kid themselves into thinking theres going to be any significant change in the amount of accidents, because the hot blonde in the red convertible is just as distracting as the other million ways to get distracted.

STIG

DUI kills, cell phone kills, and a hot gf in the passenger kills too. Actually, we need to do study for having a hot girl in the passenger seat.

mmarshall

If she's THAT hot, or dear to the driver, you would think that he would go all-out to preserve her safety and drive sensibly.

The G Man

Unenforceable to a certain extent, if someone is texting and get into an accident. A court of law have the right to subpoena the cell phone record of the driver.

mmarshall

Maybe in some circumstanmces. The way I undestand it, if a text-message is not actually finshed and sent when the accident happens, it is not recorded on the driver's record (please correct me if I'm wrong, as I, myself, don't get into texting). You may have a point, though, with cell phones. If you dial someone and they answer at their end, the call is recorded.

IS-SV

In reality that doesn't happen, I know because I observed a vehicular manslaughter trial involving the death of a motorcyclist. The phone/texting thing was brought up, no follow-through.

Yes call history and texting history is traceable.

Texting/phoning/picking nose is still not a valid excuse in court of law for dangerous driving.

mmarshall

With her personality, could you just imagine Judge Judy's reaction to an excuse like that, in her courtroom?

If you have ever watched her TV court cases, you'll know EXACTLY what I mean.....although she doesn't normally handle a traffic offense, unless it is connected with her small-claims civil suit.

IS-SV

I don't watch that junk too often., but I do enjoy some of her sarcastic reactions to the peeps.

My cousin is a lawyer, so I learn a lot of the good, mostly bad and ugly.

NemeGuero

iTrader: (15)

Statistics are crap.

Trust me, I know.

I8ABMR

These studies are done to create and enforce state laws and legislation. When they want a certain law to pass pay someone to go out and get the results that will convince the law makers that this is the right decision

The G Man

I am with you mmarshall, Its much easier for me to call someone and actually talk to them instead of typing on those little keys on the phone.