Comments on: Morning Notes

By: tttt

tttt — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 04:49:16 +0000

Another pointless, feel-good law that is as unenforceable as VA’s current seat belt law. *All* these distracting behaviors are essentially already illegal as “failure to devote full time and attention”…. but that doesn’t make for good press conference fodder.

By: bobbytiger

bobbytiger — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:18:37 +0000

It’s also illegal to drive in the rain without your lights on. Anybody ever gotten a ticket for that?

By: Buckingham Beauty

Buckingham Beauty — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:28:32 +0000

And how is that any different than having someone else in the car with you and talking to you, especially, say, fighting kids in the backseat or somesuch? If you’re changing lanes or doing anything requiring the kind of attention where an adult sitting next to you would shut up for a minute, you put the darned phone down for a minute, change lanes, and get back to the conversation. It’s not rocket science.

By: novasteve

novasteve — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:04:17 +0000

I’d think most manual drivers probalby could handle eating a burger and talking on the phone since driving a manual is a skill and requires you to be attentive, unlike automatics.

By: novasteve

novasteve — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:02:53 +0000

I don’t take my eyes off the road when I turn my signal or use my wipers. using your radio and the AC requires you to move your eyes.

By: NovaDriver

NovaDriver — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:11:09 +0000

Of course it’s all right – I drive an automatic!

By: phoney phone

phoney phone — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:09:55 +0000

But the person on the line might actually say something that requires some of your attention. Attention that should be focused 100% on driving.

By: drax

drax — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:02:26 +0000

I can drive stick while eating a burger and talking on a phone.

I don’t, but I can if I want to.

By: JamesE

JamesE — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:58:21 +0000

Same (because I drive a manual)

By: Buckingham Bandit

Buckingham Bandit — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:56:00 +0000

I agree that eating and drinking should be banned. With that much tonnage at high speeds in the control of drivers, I want them fully in control.

But hey, we’re Americans, so we have to adhere to the self-fulfilling prophesy that we love our cars and our food on the go, right?