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"California First Lady Maria Shriver might be our most famous Bluetooth scofflaw, but she's far from the only one. The 2006 state law that bans using a hand-held cellphone while driving is spottily enforced and, judging from anecdotal evidence, widely disregarded; moreover, there's no indication that its passage has had any impact on safety. But that's not stopping its author from doubling down."
What does government do with a program that does nothing? It doubles the fines. This is about revenues, not safety.
"The data come from accidents in which drivers reported to CHP officers that they were distracted by something (children, radios, pets, etc.). From January to June 2008, there were 612 reports of accidents in which distraction from a hand-held cellphone was a factor. From July to December, there were only 315. This is hardly evidence of a safety improvement; not only is the survey period too short for definitive conclusions, but after July, drivers were probably less willing to admit that their accidents occurred while they were using hand-held cellphones, because they might have been ticketed."
Like AB 32, this is another government policy using junk science to steal from the people. Government can not be trusted, this is another example why.
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What does government do with a program that does nothing? It doubles the fines. This is about revenues, not safety.
"The data come from accidents in which drivers reported to CHP officers that they were distracted by something (children, radios, pets, etc.). From January to June 2008, there were 612 reports of accidents in which distraction from a hand-held cellphone was a factor. From July to December, there were only 315. This is hardly evidence of a safety improvement; not only is the survey period too short for definitive conclusions, but after July, drivers were probably less willing to admit that their accidents occurred while they were using hand-held cellphones, because they might have been ticketed."
Like AB 32, this is another government policy using junk science to steal from the people. Government can not be trusted, this is another example why.
More...