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January 16, 2020 12:12 PM UTC
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sure- no handheld devices
Also:
– no make up application or removal
– no reading
– no gaming
– no sleeping
– no sex
– no THC consumption or measurable at a level that impairs
– no medication or other substance known to distract or detract
– no audio that drowns out emergency or first responder vehicles
– no passing in the off ramp or on ramp lanes on the freeway
– no driving in multiple lanes, including wide vehicles that obstruct both directions in one lane (Capital Hill)
– no treating right turn lanes as merge ramps (protected or not)
Air guitar, keyboard, drumming or dancing allowed only while stopped at lawful stops: eg, traffic light, trains, staffed construction diversions or stops
two wheel vehicles shall be allowed (encouraged) to lane share or lane split, but with no more than +10 mph speed differential
Well, sure . . .
. . . as long as there’s the appropriate exemptions made for: legislators, their spouses, significant others, children, neighbors, acquaintances, law enforcement, firefighters, campaign donors, other elected officials, people of limited pigmentation . . .
. . . and me (on a rare occasion).
Studies have shown that there is not much difference in the distraction factor of handheld vs not.
To AMICA, my insurance company: my phone stays in my pocket when I drive.
People I’ve known who were injured by inattentive drivers —
* one was hit in a police dept. parking lot, as the officer was driving out at the start of shift and was adjusting radios.
* one wound up having someone turn right on a red light while he (having the green) was going thru the intersection. Beyond turning right, the driver was also looking in the mirror to apply makeup.
* one was injured in a one-car accident when she bent over to pick something up from the floor, turned the wheel slightly, and drove herself into a ditch.
* and though I wasn’t injured physically — my ego and bank account were harmed — I drove into a parked pickup when I was on a side street next to a park, and watching some nice looking people play tennis.
Like many drivers, I’ve seen people reading a book or a newspaper, eating and drinking, turning to talk to someone in the back seat, putting on makeup, shaving, fixing their hair, pulling their tee shirt over their head (on a highway, 65 mph limit), fumbling with cigarettes, a pipe, and a vape device, and “cuddling” with a passenger. Cell phone conversation, texting, reading a map, or reading whatever else pops on the screen doesn’t seem much worse than any of the other things people (including me) do.
I rear ended another vehicle one afternoon on Colorado while observing a nice looking person on the sidewalk.
Gave up driving and talking on the phones a long time ago. With exceptions such as to talking to myself and yelling at those idiots out there on the road ruining my driving experience. I found things easier to drive when not trying to explain to someone on the other end of the electron stream that I was dodging someone who dared to be in the crosswalk when I am going through the stop sign.
Here is a ponder question. If you are in a self-driving car by yourself can you use the cellular phone?
self-driving car by yourself can you use the cellular phone?
yes. Hands free in 20 states. Any which way in the rest.
Banning hand-held phone use is a start, but rapidly overtaking that issue is the deep menu dive often required to do simple things while driving. It takes multiple steps simply to change the station on my car's radio — don't even think about trying to program it to remember that station next time!
Using the voice command system to dial someone I need to speak to leads to random butt dialing of people in my cell phone's contact list.
I just hope I live long enough to see when self-driving vehicles are a reality.
Who needs hand-helds or to wait for self-driving cars? Soon the chips will just be in our heads.
I've always thought this is a good idea. When we had a new stereo installed in our car, we got one that can voice-dial a phone and broadcast through it.
I thought this was law already. It should be.