Distracted Driving

[USFREEDOM911]

Arizona Officer Clayton Townsend died on Jan. 8, 2019 and he was killed by a driver, who was texting at the time.

Now Arizona is considering and working towards making it illegal to even hold your phone while driving and are classifying it as "Distracted Driving".

While I have no problem in a law that forbids texting while driving, I do have concerns about it being labeled as Distracted Driving; because I believe that the idea of Distracted Driving is ambiguous and could be expanded to any number of situations.

Can changing your radio station be seen as Distracted Driving?

Can dealing with a cranky child be seen as Distracted Driving?

Can reaching down for a bottle of water be seen as Distracted Driving?

Can slowing down and looking at an accident be seen as Distracted Driving?

Can reading an Freeway traffic notification be seen as Distracted Driving?

Can reaching for your sunglasses be seen as Distracted Driving?

etc.

etc.

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[Jack]

I don't have a phone that you can text on, so that is not a problem for me. But I do like to check out Hot Babes in the summer when they wear those teeny weeny Bikinis. As long as 'Checking out Hot Babes' is not on the List, it doesn't bother me one way or the other. (Course, this is just my opinion)

 

[anonymoose]

Arizona Officer Clayton Townsend died on Jan. 8, 2019 and he was killed by a driver, who was texting at the time.

Now Arizona is considering and working towards making it illegal to even hold your phone while driving and are classifying it as "Distracted Driving".

Don't classify it as 'distracted driving'. Just make it illegal to hold a phone while driving.

 

[USFREEDOM911]

I don't have a phone that you can text on, so that is not a problem for me. But I do like to check out Hot Babes in the summer when they wear those teeny weeny Bikinis. As long as 'Checking out Hot Babes' is not on the List, it doesn't bother me one way or the other. (Course, this is just my opinion)

Gee thanks for making my final decision easier; but I'll wait..

 

[USFREEDOM911]

Don't classify it as 'distracted driving'. Just make it illegal to hold a phone while driving.

I agree; but what about someone following and reporting a drunk driver, or following a hit and run, or following an abducted child?

 

[Jack]

So, you don't get a Ticket for 'Distracted Driving', you get a Ticket for 'Holding a Phone'?

 

[Jack]

Gee thanks for making my final decision easier; but I'll wait..

Hey, you can have a Statue of Yourself outside of JPP National Headquarters with a Penis ... or a Vagina. Your Call.

 

[USFREEDOM911]

So, you don't get a Ticket for 'Distracted Driving', you get a Ticket for 'Holding a Phone'?

See reply #5.

 

[Jack]

I agree; but what about someone following and reporting a drunk driver, or following a hit and run, or following an abducted child?

That decision would be up to the Police Officer, or possibly the Judge.

 

[Jack]

See reply #5.

See reply #7.

 

[USFREEDOM911]

That decision would be up to the Police Officer, or possibly the Judge.

That makes the law even more ambiguous and therefore unenforceable.

 

[USFREEDOM911]

Hey, you can have a Statue of Yourself outside of JPP National Headquarters with a Penis ... or a Vagina. Your Call.

Thanks for your input.

 

[Jack]

That makes the law even more ambiguous and therefore unenforceable.

Cops make decisions all the time. In the scenario you asked about, I doubt a Cop would give you a Ticket for Reporting a Drunk or an Accident.

 

[BRUTALITOPS]

jack retrod via request of OP

 

[USFREEDOM911]

jack retrod via request of OP

Thank you.

 

[USFREEDOM911]

Thank you.

And now Jack has realized the folly of his ways and is groaning the consequence.

If he had only listened.

 

[Minister of Truth]

In WA, if you mess with your phone while stopped at a red light, you can be cited as though you were a distracted driver.

 

[USFREEDOM911]

In WA, if you mess with your phone while stopped at a red light, you can be cited as though you were a distracted driver.

It's the phrase "distracted driver" that I have a problem with; because it's ambiguous.

 

[CFM]

Arizona Officer Clayton Townsend died on Jan. 8, 2019 and he was killed by a driver, who was texting at the time.

Now Arizona is considering and working towards making it illegal to even hold your phone while driving and are classifying it as "Distracted Driving".

While I have no problem in a law that forbids texting while driving, I do have concerns about it being labeled as Distracted Driving; because I believe that the idea of Distracted Driving is ambiguous and could be expanded to any number of situations.

Can changing your radio station be seen as Distracted Driving?

Can dealing with a cranky child be seen as Distracted Driving?

Can reaching down for a bottle of water be seen as Distracted Driving?

Can slowing down and looking at an accident be seen as Distracted Driving?

Can reading an Freeway traffic notification be seen as Distracted Driving?

Can reaching for your sunglasses be seen as Distracted Driving?

etc.

etc.

etc.

Does it take away your ability to concentrate?

 

[USFREEDOM911]

Does it take away your ability to concentrate?

According to what distracted driver is categorized as, it does.