Should New Jersey Ban All Cellphone Use by Motorists?
Federal transportation agency claims even hands-free use is hazardous.
By Patch Staff
December 14, 2011
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Should drivers be banned from using a cellphone, even in hands-free mode?
The federal National Transportation Safety Board doesn’t believe it makes any difference whether the driver is holding the cellphone or using it in handsfree mode—all cellphone use by motorists is hazardous, the agency said. In a statement issued this week, the board (which has no legal authority to regulate cellphones itself) urged state governments to ban all cellphone use by drivers.
New Jersey already has one of the toughest laws in the nation on the use of cellphones while driving. And a bill introduced last month in the Assembly would make it even tougher, adding up to two months in jail to the current $100 fine.
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Why bother?
Look how well speed limit laws work!
And, it just gives the State yet another way to take money and waste it.
How about we try a simple change? Let’s try making it an offense to cause an accident. Let’s make it in a trial for damages a prima facie 100% assignment of liability should it be proven that a cell phone was active in the car at the time of the accident. Let’s continue to convince people to VOLUNTARILY forgo using the cell phone when driving.
Laws don’t make a difference. Laws are unenforceable fairly. Laws don’t change “common sense” behavior.
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