I'm at a stop light so why not?
"Enforcement of texting ban off to slow start" by Peter Schworm, Globe Staff / January 6, 2011
Police across the state have handed out just 245 citations for texting since a ban under the state’s new distracted-driving law went into effect Sept. 30, fewer than three a day....
I'm not in favor of texting while driving (or even using the damn phone or whatever); however, I am less in favor of a bankrupt state government riding shotgun when we have real crimes like rape, robbery, murder, and corruption going unsolved.
The law, approved to great fanfare last summer after intense debate, reflected a growing consensus that texting while driving poses an unacceptable safety risk and that a ban was necessary to convince people to stop. In enacting the ban, Massachusetts joined a host of other states cracking down on texting behind the wheel.
They can't solve the huge problems they have created with the economy and state finances so we get this s***.
But some safe-driving advocates expressed disappointment at the numbers and urged police to step up their oversight.
Massachusetts really doesn't need more fascism (unless you have friend$ in the Probation Department).
Many drivers remained undeterred by the new law....
Sorry, I was checking my in-box.
Whatcha say?
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Also see: Tackling the Text Ban
