"Frank Church" wrote in message
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"Gordon MacPherson" wrote in
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Just announced in the UK that using the phone while driving, in some
circumstances could lead to imprisonment - reckoned to be as dangerous
as drunk driving

... it'll make it to this side of the pond eventually, and not a minute
too
soon.

Frank Sr.

I have mixed feelings about outlawing things like that. One one hand I
believe we need to maintain a certain amount of freedom of choice. On the
other...I *@#$%&! HATE cell phones. Three years ago I bought a new (to me)
used truck that was owned by an elderly retired couple. Pristine inside and
out, low low miles, etc. Owned it two months when I was stopped at a red
light at the bottom of a hill. Didn't see the car in my rearview that hit me
at about 50mph. I was pushed nearly 40 yards through the intersection and
back uphill with my foot on the brake. The driver got out with cell phone in
one hand and smoke in the other. When giving the police report she swore
that she was slowing down for the stop. No matter, she had no insurance, an
already suspended license, and an expired registration...and since I keep my
hitch in the reciever, a totaled car. I had almost forgot about the incident
when my wife's uncle was killed under almost the same circumstances four
months later. I have not honestly been able to think of a realistic or
reasonable solution to the problem. After all, I don't think it is possible
or ethical to legislate common sense or common courtesy. Cell phones
themselves don't bother me, the (already) inconsiderate *******s that use
them as a way of saying "Look at me, i'm important/cool/big ****" iritate me
to no ends. They are the same people who insist that thier calls are
ultimately more important than the consideration of the people around them,
even when talking in the most inappropriate places.

Jeremy Moe