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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (256463)	7/1/2008 6:18:25 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793877

Any distraction is hazardous. Making laws for each distraction is silly. Banning everything that is a distraction won't stop accidents, because distracted people will find something else to distract them, such as tuning the radio, putting on make-up etc. Because some people are careless in the way they drive doesn't mean everyone should go to the lowest common denominator. A modern curse is the lowest common denominator attitude. Personal responsibility is a better answer. If somebody is not driving right due to being busy doing something they shouldn't, such as having sex, looking at the view, picking up dropped breakfast from the floor, whacking the kids in the back, talking to their passengers, admiring themselves in the rear view mirror, then prosecute them for that. People who object to using cellphones in cars are Luddites who can't chew gum and walk a straight line simultaneously. People who can't drive cars should be prosecuted and punished for failing to do so - fortunately, nature does that because they crash and that costs them a lot of money. Mqurice