YES!!! More regulation is exactly what we need!
YES!!! I DO need the government to tell me what to do!
YES!!! Please tell me when I can and cannot use a personal electronic device with service paid for by my own personal dollars.

All because some dumbass combing his hair, reading a magazine, trimming his beard, straightening his tie, drinking coffee, eating eggs benedict, changing the radio, watching a movie, playing with the nav system map, f’ing around with iDrive, changing the position of the seat, looking for a file in the briefcase behind the seat, talking on his phone using a hands free device happen to run over and kill a pedestrian. It is ALL the fault of the phone, no personal responsibility involved there…

+1

Nah – let’s make dringing beer from a handheld can mandatory. Who cares if one hand is occupied, and the driver impaired. It’s their right to do whatever they want.

Substance abuse is a far cry from a cell phone, but a good attempt at a straw man nonetheless Alan.

At least a drunk doesn’t take 20 seconds and the horn of the guy behind him to realize the light is green.

Rob, are you implying that driving while under the influence of a chemical substance is less dangerous than not instantly recognizing the light has changed to green?

This is not the first such regulation. The Norfolk Naval Station recently implemented one same as this (both hands-free and hand-held use banned) that became effective March 1.

It’s also been proven that load music with a fast tempo encourages more aggressive and risky driving behavior. We should certainly take action to limit the volume and beat of music playable in an automobile. Passengers are a leading source of distraction to drivers. Perhaps passengers should be restricted? Or perhaps they should be tested and licensed so that they don’t engage in behavior that might distract the driver. I’m in full agreement that driving while talking on a phone is dangerous, personally I never do it and on an emotional level don’t object to a ban such as this. But, do you see the slipper slope that it produces? Inch by inch your rights are eroded away and it happens so slowly that you simply don’t notice.

this from a state that wants to ban EVOLUTION from being taught in schools… why are SO many people SO ignorant?

RAOMNE! PUT A BULLSEYE ON THE MIDDLE OF THIS STATE SO THE NUKES KNOW WHERE TO LAND

I believe the West Coast, Hawaii, New York Massacchusetts and Florida should Secede from the Union as the other states are making America a laughing stock around the world. There would then be Sophisticated America that the rest of the world would love and dumb america ruled by george Bush.

^^^ and the angry, elitist left strikes back ^^^

wow, your level of self worth must be through the roof. You truly are a better person than me simply because of the city you live in. Please forgive me for not kissing your pompus, self righteous ass.

pssstttt…don’t show Ekim the County map from the ‘04 presidential election, he might have to realize that there is a good bit of *gasp* RED *gasp* in all the states mentioned!

red=ignorant

yeah sure…the states mentioned above by 10 can gladly secede then commence to legislate their miserable asses into oblivion…then when you cant buy a bar of soap without the government allowing it, you can talk to the rest of “dumb america”…just dont do it on your cell phone (if those are allowed at all)

yellowstone? any relation to Ted Kaczynski?

Which state will be the first to ban radios? How about noisy kids, or even a passenger in the FRONT seat? Come on, hands-free is dangerous? Another way to generate revenue I guess.

Mike There might be red in those states but at least those people are aware of the outside world, probably have a passport have travelled abroad and are not married to their first cousins.

were it not for the creation, subsequent repeal, and continued revision of perfectly flawed statutes then the legislatures around the country would not have jobs.

As long as the public elitists have an agenda…

Mike I used to think Colorado was one of the more enlightened states

Im glad mike recognises me as coastal elite

that’s strange, we weren’t included on your exceptional list of morally superior states…

how about we keep driving with cell phones legal until the dumbasses who choose to do so are weeded out of the population? natural selection at its best…

listen, we all know which states are more important as evidenced by tactical targets for russian nuclear missiles….

i notice a lot of police officers using mobile phones these days. in their cars and on the rare occasion you see them actually out and about on foot. how about cb radios? those sound like a real distraction too. truck drivers, police, taxi drivers, and other emergency services all use cb radios or mobile phones.

Exactly… NORAD puts Colorado at the top…

He didn’t say morally superior, just superior.

I thought South Park would make Colorado the prime Target

Crazy phone regulations. Will you soon be stopped while singing along with the radio or talking to a passenger on suspicion of using a cell phone? How about the use of TV by front seat passengers, reading books and newspapers while driving?
How about some personal responsibility for your actions? They should teach proper and responsible cell phone and radio use during high school drivers ED.
And don’t worry about California seceding from the Union; their welfare state would collapse if not for the federal funds being pumped in

Okay, maybe it should be illegal to talk on your cell phone here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlU7b1bP5ro

but like you need to tell THEM that…

In the U.S. we crash when something takes our attention away. Be it radio, friends, kids, cell phone, idrive, the moon, that bugatti in front of you. Even if you take distractions away, we’ll just fall asleep. One in five crashes are caused from fatigue…40% of the time we do’nt know what hit us. What we need is FOCUS. Of course cells aren’t helping, but they keep us awake.

I’m surprised that Kansas is the state to put forth the suggestion. I would’ve predicted Cali myself. I hope that it’ll catch on. I generally avoid using my cellphone in the car myself.

I’m surprised that Kansas is the state to put forth the suggestion. I would’ve predicted Cali myself. I hope that it’ll catch on. I generally avoid using my cellphone in the car myself.

So are they going to ban talking to your passenger while driving too? That’s the logical extent to this stupid law. #30 Marc, we’re all proud of you.

Is jerking off while yuou drive still legal?

Mike #6. Experts studying distractions categorize them into 3 areas: (1) visual — e.g, taking your eyes off the road to look at something else(2) mechanical — e.g, taking your hand off the wheel to adjust the radio knob (3) cognitive — e.g., talking on a cell phone. Cognitive is the most dangerous distraction. Studies have shown that a person is 400% more likely to cause an accident if they are on the cell phone while driving. Don’t compare cell phones to other activities unless you have a study to back it up. You can google several studies on cell phone usage.

Experts also point out that it is more dangerous than talking to a passneger for two reasons: (1) passengers also serve as lookouts for traffic (2) passengers know to pause the conversation when a dangerous situation arises.

A Harvard Center for Risk Analysis study estimates that the use of cell phones by drivers may result in approximately 2,600 deaths, 330,000 injuries, and 1.5 million instances of property damage in America per year.

Some studies have also compared cell phone usage with driving drunk at the legal limit. The legal limit for intoxication is so low now that talking on the cell phone is more dangerous. This was even tested on an episode of MythBusters.

I have had the experience of being the only car waiting behind someone on the phone. When the light turned green they continued to talk and not go. Instead of hitting the horn I decided to time how long it would take for the person to realize the light was green. They never did. It turned red again.

I love the organizations who do statistical studies, you can prove anything is possible. The real proof is in what actually happens in pre-fatal accident. I say let’s install little ‘black boxes’ in everyone’s auto that records video inside and outside the vehicle. Then there’ll be no question what is the REAL cause. Until then, we can all speculate our idle time away with each other.

I hate cops!!!