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Distracted driving
What are the distracted driving laws where you live, and do you abide by them, or do you think they are frivolous?
I abide by the laws of our area, but it still surprises me by the number of people who still think texting and driving is a God-given right.
We have laws against:
using hand-held cell phonestexting or e-mailingusing electronic devices like laptop computers, video games, cameras, video entertainment displays and programming portable audio players entering information on GPS unitsreading printed materials in the vehiclewriting, printing or sketching, andpersonal groomingParanoid motherfuuckers: All your pics and info are now on Pinterest. Have fun finding them!
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Re: Distracted driving
I don't actually know of any local laws specifically about things you can't do while driving, but in most cases I don't really think it's possible. When you're driving, you have to look out for pedestrians, because anywhere there's a crossing, they're expected to step out in front of you to cross the street. And there are no stop signs or signal lights on most side streets, so you just have to yield to anyone coming on a road on your right.
I'm distracted enough looking to see if anyone's about to step into the road or coming fast down a a side road to my right that I can't imagine even trying to do anything else.
I only know of the not using handhelds and not texting in my state, although all the other ones you listed are pretty obvious. I have seen a LOT of people doing their make up/hair in the AM and I've even seen one guy with a paper in one hand and coffee in the other - how did he drive???
I admit that while I do not text, I will use a handheld at a stop light to call DH for a quick question or just to tell him I'm coming home.
I'm not positive on our state and local laws; but I know for Chicago it's been no-cellphones for a few years now. You're only supposed to use hands-free devices; although I see people on their phones, either texting or talking, on a daily basis.
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For the US & Canada, AAA has the basic ones listed by state / Providence
http://drivinglaws.aaa.com/laws/distracted-driving/
I don't understand the fascination with texting while driving, having to pay attention to what multiple other lanes of traffic are doing is enough.
I really hate people who put on make up while attempting to drive, that has more to do with the evil woman who rear ended me at a stoplight that she didn't see because she was applying eye make up.
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Just read the following article this morning actually in our Vancouver "24 Hours" paper:
February distracted-driving blitz results in nearly double the tickets of Feb. 2011
B.C. drivers aren?t getting the message that talking on the phone and texting while driving is against the law.
During its February blitz, the RCMP?s Lower Mainland division issued 4,449 distracted driving tickets, up from 2,300 in the same month of 2011.
?That?s an amazing increase. It?s pretty obvious the public is not getting the message,? said Superintendent Norm Gaumont, head of Traffic Services for the Lower Mainland District Regional Police Service. ?We have a lot more work to do. We really have to focus on telling the public these are the consequences.?
Getting caught chatting on the phone without a hands-free device while driving comes with a $167 ticket. Texting comes with the same fine plus demerit points.
According to police, distracted driving was the contributing factor in 27 fatalities in 2011 and 46 the year previous.
The law, introduced in 2010, covers not only talking and texting while driving, but includes eating, putting on makeup and reading books.
The most common offences are drivers texting while sitting in traffic and talking on a handheld cell phone.
Police have also gotten better at catching people by placing more plainclothes officers in intersections to nab offenders.
Gaumont added if drivers don?t start getting the message soon, the RCMP will ask the province to increase the punishment for breaking the law.
?Once we start hitting years three and four, if we are still seeing the same behaviour we are seeing now we will have to go back to government and say maybe we need to revisit this.?
The RCMP experienced similar rash of violations in the early 2000s when seatbelt laws were first adopted. Gaumont said it took five years for the public to start adopting the law, but now 98% of drivers comply.
While I do believe we need to have this law, I am guilty of texting or making a quick call while stopped at a light, I don't see the harm in that, as long as it's not done while actually driving...