Re: Cell phone safety wild hare

flynrider via MotorcycleKB.com wrote:
J. Clarke wrote:

The downside is that passengers in a moving car or public transport
won't be able to make calls either. While one hates to
inconvenience
them, we're balancing convenience against lives here. Drivers have
proven to be sufficiently irresponsible in this regard that a
relatively strong measure is justified.


That's a pretty big downside. Who is going to unilaterally ban
the use of cell phones in all moving vehicles because some drivers
are irresponsible?


The motorcycle equivalent would be banning all motorcycles because
a
certain percentage of riders have been known to stunt and speed on
the
streets.

Personally I think I've seen one person stunting on the street on a
motorcycle. But I see people nattering on their cell phones while
driving every day. The amount of damage that a person stunting on a
motorcycle can do is very limited compared to the amount of damage
that a person in an SUV can do.

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