More states cracking down on phone use while driving

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Phil @ Jan 17th 2008 11:35PM

As an Oregon teen, I'm not sure why this law is teen specific. I never talk on my phone when I drive (which may be due to the fact I drive a stick and can't talk and drive), but I have nearly been hit on at least three occasions by an adult driver on the phone. First was someone who pulled out of a side street and almost into the side of my car (I accelerated in time, but it was close), second was when walking a crosswalk, and had to jump out of the way of a jabbering driver making a right-on-red and ignoring the pedestrians, and finally was on my bike, waiting for a red light. Guy on the phone didn't see me sitting there and came up so fast i had to ride forward into the crosswalk to avoid getting hit. All of these people were adults.

What I'm saying is who decided that adults were more competent than teens at driving and talking? Even if teens don't have the driving experience as adults, the level of distraction is the same. That, I believe, gets to the root of the problem. It isn't handsets which are distracting, it is yelling at your kid/friend/secretary/co-worker/doctor etc which takes the driver's attention away from the road and channels it into a piece of plastic. If the government feels it needs to get involved, ban it all, don't be ageist about it.

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itsnotabigtruck @ Jan 18th 2008 2:02AM

Agreed. Nearly every law today singling out teens has no less hypocrisy than those that singled out racial groups in the past.

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Maggot @ Jan 18th 2008 7:22AM

Teen driver said...
"What I'm saying is who decided that adults were more competent than teens at driving and talking?"
Why that would be the insurance industry son,they're real smart like. Just try to make a claim though!
Good law though,way too many distractions,there needs to stricter driver education...MANDATORY,it works elsewhere,just my .02

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