cell phone use while driving

[mfoyama]

About a year ago in our state, a new law was enacted prohibiting cell phone use while driving. I still see people driving and talking on their cell phones. Yesterday, I saw woman driving while reading from a paper she propped up on her steering wheel. Should the fines be higher for talking while driving?

[bigedshult]

no but if they have an ardent as a reason while it should be the sane as drink and driving!

[a_bourget05]

When I was younger I used to text and drive until one day I almost hit a gaurd rail so I dont do it anymore. It really angers me now when I see people doing it. Driving down the highway you can tell which drivers are on their phones because they'll be deviating in their lanes. So then as you drive by you glance over at them to see if you were right and YUP 9 times outta 10 that person was either texting or talking on their phone. I know it's bad to say but sometimes I wish I could "accidentally" run those people off the road and then make them think it was their fault and say "see, now look what you did! Get off your damn phone!" This one time I saw a lady drive by while me and my dad were working on a fence close to the road on our farm, I could see her looking down at her phone and then she hit the dirt on the side of the blacktop and swerved back onto the road going prolly 60 mph. As she was going by I saw 3 little car seats in the back! Made me soooo mad!

[MaraKyle]

I think that there's a lot of things that are distracting while driving.  Children arguing in the backseat can be very distracting and cause accidents but that's hard to avoid if your a parent.  Reading a book/newspaper, texting, talking on the phone, eating, etc are all unnecessary distractions that cause accidents and cost the lives of innocent people who were being responsible drivers.  Unless your waiting on a call because a family member is in the hospital or something very important like that then the call can wait.  Even if you do answer it its called bluetooth or speaker phone and make it quick and short and get back to driving or pull over if it's going to be a long conversation.

[hawkeye3210]

I don't think the fines need to be increase, but I think it should be enforced more.

[Ttown32]

i think drives should get headset's ,that way they don't have to hold the phone in they're hand while driving

[Hewlin2011]

in my state you are allowed to talk on the phone as long as its handfree. but for now you cant be fined unless they pull you over for another reason. i hate it. i think that our law should have passed and that it needs to be ENFORCED a great deal. i see people driving all the time on their phones and it scares the crap out of me to pass them, been almost hit serveral times. i have decided that from now on im not avoiding an accident as long as it would be minor if the other driver is on their phone. i will let them him me and then my luck would be that they wouldnt get fined for being on the phone.

[Mascitelli]

I have seen alot of people use the cell phone while driving. I would have to say yes there can be other distraction but driving with one hand in my opoion is the most dangerous and stupidest thing that a person can do. I don't use the cell phone while driving I will say this the only waay that I will be on the cell phone while driving is through a hand set. People just don't pay attention with a cell phone to you ear with one hand and driving with the other. Just to dangerous for kids.

[munitono]

I still see lots of people driving and talking on their cell phones (without headsets) or even texting!
One time when I was on a bus, I saw a truck driver who was talking on his cell phone and eating ramen noodles while driving and I couldn't believe it. They won't stop doing it until they kill somebody.

[veronica773]

Yes, it really should be enforced.  I know on the military bases you can't talk on cellphones  while driving.  Of course they have a law that you can not talk on a cellphone by a school.  It does need to be enforced , but with good laws, it goes to the back side, like seat belts.

[sadie524]

Our city made a law that said we couldn't text or talk on the cell phone; however, the state overrode it with just texting on the cell phone. I STILL see people texting ALL the time while they swerve all over the road...SO dangerous! Talking is not nearly as bad as texting, to me at least, to text you are taking your eyes completely off the road.

[ninajay]

I see it all of the time and it's so annoying especially when you see the person drifting into other lanes or sitting at a traffic light that has turned green because they looking down at their phone.

[angsilva2000]

People should use common sence, not to talk on the phone while driving with out an ear piece duh!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ejholt]

I can't understand why anyone would want to talk on a cell phone or read a newspaper while driving.  There is a time and place for everything.  I think there should be a stiff fine for anyone that is caught doing it and maybe that would stop them from doing it.

[rocktumbler]

I see it all the time .I think its very dangerous