Comments on: There oughtta be a law . . .

By: Krystal Kid

Krystal Kid — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:38:00 +0000

80% percent of all rear end collisions (the most frequent vehicle accident) are caused by driver inattention, following too closely, external distraction (talking on cell phones, shaving, applying makeup, fiddling with the radio or CD player, kids, texting, etc.) and poor judgement. There’s not much you can do to avoid one so I got one of these sparebumper.com

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:19:52 +0000

Cynthia.. you had to get a ticket before you realized talking on a cell phone while driving was dangerous? You must not read the AJC. There have been dozens of stories about this very subject.

By: Azazel

Azazel — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:11:41 +0000

Yeah, strict traffic laws and enforcement; and no speed limits on that desolate stretch of I-16.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:09:06 +0000

Cynthia, in your specific case I feel your pain. The seat belt, texting and other asinine laws that have been passed to “protect public safety” are nothing more than a big government attempt to control our lives and get us to conform unnecessarily to the sheep think model. I fight and resist them where I can.

For example, I have 2% window tint on my truck’s windows which gives me great privacy on the road because it’s nobody’s business what I’m doing. I still carry a shotgun in my gun rack like we used to do in the old days but no one can see it but me; and I don’t wear a seatbelt because I don’t want to and the law says I don’t have to. They are stupid laws that should not be obeyed and should be resisted and defied when possible.

By: TnGelding

TnGelding — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:33:57 +0000

I’m thinking we should even take radios out of our personal vehicles. How many more have to die due to distractions?

Azazel

October 5th, 2009
6:52 pm

Soundsd great.

By: Azazel

Azazel — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:52:43 +0000

We should have the same laws and driver requirements used on the Autobahn. No: cell phones; tailgating; passing on the right; driving too “slow” in left lane; verbal or hand gesture harassment; many others. As I recall these infractions have severe and sizable penalties. The Autobahn is constantly monitored and all regulations enforced.

By: Joan

Joan — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:48:23 +0000

Well, all of the foregoing posts tell us why Darwin’s theory is alive and well.

By: citizen

citizen — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:10:18 +0000

You would be shocked at the number of individuals driving under the influence of prescription medications who are obviously impaired. Their short term memory is affected and even if a law is passed that bans talking on a cell phone while driving, these individuals don’t remember not to answer their phones while driving.
They don’t intend to break the law, they just don’t remember that a law exist.

By: jconservative

jconservative — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:49:03 +0000

Congratulations on your ticket. You deserved it.

And when it becomes the law in Georgia I will probably get a ticket.
And you can then congratulate me.

I do not mind someone talking on the phone while driving & killing themselves. But if they kill someone else that’s a different matter.
Maybe the penalty for that should be a charge for premeditated murder. Maybe.

By: leeh1

leeh1 — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:44:54 +0000

Many people are not trained well by their parents. They have to be told as adults what is expected of them. One of the great tragedies of getting rid of the draft system is that many young men are now not forced to brush their teeth or shine their shoes, sometimes for the first time, in boot camp. Much of what was taught there is what their parents should have taught them- respect for others, personal grooming, accomplishing goals.

Many adult men and women are people who never stopped being adolescents.