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September 12, 2009 8:35 PM PDT
135: Ford wants federal ban on driving while texting--you know why
Ford is backing a federal ban on texting while driving--well, of course they are! Do you need a nanny to hang up the phone for you? GM thinks its cars and technology are good enough for a money back guarantee. And we roll in the Mercedes that looks more expensive than it is.
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• Ford backs ban on driving while texting
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what I should be allowed to eat, drink, or do and have. My life is mine to do with as I want the rest of you need to take care of your own lives period...full stop
These nanny laws, just have no end.
Hey, taxpayers pay for health insurance right....and people don't know when to put down the hamburger and shake right. Lets ban overeating too. It's not about their health, its about our taxpayer dollars. We have a right to not pay for your bad health choices.
See, it never ends.
wxliaw, you shouldn't call people an idiot, and I'm going to have the law changed to outlaw that, since you can't figure it out on your own...and bad news, its going to be a felony too.
But after that, I have to say, I'm totally against nanny laws. They don't work, and they set a ridiculous precedent.
Its already illegal to kill someone in your car, for texting or any other reason, its called manslaughter, it's a crime big time.
You aren't advocating making that illegal....its already illegal, for a long, long time.
You are advocating creating nanny laws that circumvent very specific behavior....and then tossing in the already illegal part of it, as your justification.
The fact is searching through your purse is equally stupid, where is the law against searching through your purse, while driving a car?
The law against applying makeup while driving?
The law against shaving and driving?
If you drop that coke can on the floor, trying to pick it up, is equally stupid, where is the law against trying to pick up the can of soda that you dropped while still driving?
At some point, if you think about it, you'll get it.... operating your vehicle in a dangerous way, is illegal. It's already illegal, and its all that we need, otherwise, you have a lot of laws you need to start advocating.
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by GoodOnRoad
December 3, 2009 8:22 AM PST
- I concentrate on the driving when behind wheel. I use flexible mobile application for texting without losing concentration on driving by downloading drivesafe.ly
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