Cincinnati Bans Texting While Driving
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Sep 10, 2010, 7:38 AM by Eric M. Zeman
The city of Cincinnati, Ohio, has passed legislation to ban sending, reading or writing text messages while driving. The ban also prohibits accessing the mobile internet from behind the wheel. Cincinnati joins a number of other Ohio cities — Toledo, Columbus and Cleveland — that have instituted similar bans ahead of statewide legislation. Thirty states across the U.S. already have texting and driving bans in place. In Cincinnati, those caught breaking the law will be fined $100. Drivers are still allowed to talk while driving and enter GPS data, though only when the car is not in motion. The law goes into effect in 30 days.
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how to get away with it...
im sorry officer, i was simply entering a GPS location for my navigation.
Unfortunately, its the officers "perception" here in Florida they have a "Driving while distracted" law. Technically you could get pulled over for eating a cheeseburger with fries and its a $116 ticket. This law as well could be and has been applied t...
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A Way2CoOl TeEnZ View:
lol GuYs u serious???? Like OMG this txt thing is like SO BS. When I'm tlking 2 my grl Mel we r like so WUT!
ummm speak correct grammer and we'll care what u say.... like OMG!! 😈
Good.
I like the AT&T "It can wait" campaign.
Honestly, every cell phone store, kiosk, cart and website should hand out fliers with every purchase detailing the dangers of texting while driving.
Call centers management should require their people to verbally warn people of the danger and salespeople should enforce the idea that texting while driving has been proved again and again to be almost 3 times as bad as driving while drunk.
I, for one, fully support any ban on texting cities make.
your a lousy drunk driver then
I completely agree with your take on the texting ban justfinethanku. The thing is, customers are going to do what they want anyways, so why bother even putting the flyers out there? It's just something else they can complain about, they'll feel like t...
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But what about...
Changing music...which is equally as distracting.
I doubt hitting the "next track" button on your CD player is as equally distracting as reading and composing a text message on a tiny keyboard while driving.
What I don't get is why its so hard for people driving a car that want to talk on the phone to just put the damn thing on speakerphone, duh!
What about the hot blonde jogging down the road with double D's just bouncing up and down! Thats more distracting then texting, eating, and changing music (all equally distracting)
It just CANT be done....
We have all attempted to text and drive simultaneously at one time or another and it simply can not be done effectively. Driving on tax payer roads is a privilege not a right and engaging in any activity while driving on public roads that may endanger the lives and safety of others is unacceptable. Your rights END where the next persons rights BEGIN. We need this law to go national and this is from a self admitted smart phone junkie.
if so...
then police are required to go back to radio since thier laptop is a giant cell phone
mobile advertising
Reading engadget yesterday, and article talking about RIM patent on mobile advertising discussed how the slower traffic gets the more detailed an in-car advert would be. This is obviously internet.
I belive we have a conflict on the horizon.
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