Comments on: If Texting Ban Comes, Truckers Want an Exception http://themoderatevoice.com/47779/if-texting-ban-comes-truckers-want-an-exception/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:23:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: tidbits http://themoderatevoice.com/47779/if-texting-ban-comes-truckers-want-an-exception/comment-page-1/#comment-218484 tidbits Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:57:51 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=47779#comment-218484 Rambie - <br><br>My apologies for misconstruing your prior comment. Thank you for setting it (me) straight.<br><br>tidbits Rambie –

My apologies for misconstruing your prior comment. Thank you for setting it (me) straight.

tidbits

]]> By: Rambie http://themoderatevoice.com/47779/if-texting-ban-comes-truckers-want-an-exception/comment-page-1/#comment-218353 Rambie Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:51:18 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=47779#comment-218353 I was relying to Leonidas, who, if you read his comments is saying a blanket ban or law on all cell phone use in a car while driving. <br><br>I have no issues with a law against texting while driving, it's just common sense that it's a bad idea. But if there is going ot be laws against using a cell phone with headset or speakerphone then may as well add eating, shaving, applying makeup, etc. I was relying to Leonidas, who, if you read his comments is saying a blanket ban or law on all cell phone use in a car while driving.

I have no issues with a law against texting while driving, it's just common sense that it's a bad idea. But if there is going ot be laws against using a cell phone with headset or speakerphone then may as well add eating, shaving, applying makeup, etc.

]]> By: tidbits http://themoderatevoice.com/47779/if-texting-ban-comes-truckers-want-an-exception/comment-page-1/#comment-218338 tidbits Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:42:09 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=47779#comment-218338 Rambie - The original post was limited to texting. That seems different to me than speaker phone/headset conversation. Texting actually requires taking eyes off the road for an extended period first to read then to text back. Public safety has a place in driving.<br><br>This isn't a personal liberty, nanny state, issue in my view. Drving is a privilege, not a right and is therefore subject to regulation like licensing of vehicles, licensing of drivers, rules of the road, wearing seatbelts, liability insurance etc. The goal of the regulations associated with the state licensed privilege of driving is public safety. Rambie – The original post was limited to texting. That seems different to me than speaker phone/headset conversation. Texting actually requires taking eyes off the road for an extended period first to read then to text back. Public safety has a place in driving.

This isn't a personal liberty, nanny state, issue in my view. Drving is a privilege, not a right and is therefore subject to regulation like licensing of vehicles, licensing of drivers, rules of the road, wearing seatbelts, liability insurance etc. The goal of the regulations associated with the state licensed privilege of driving is public safety.

]]> By: Rambie http://themoderatevoice.com/47779/if-texting-ban-comes-truckers-want-an-exception/comment-page-1/#comment-218333 Rambie Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:16:23 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=47779#comment-218333 Leo, then we need to ban radios, CDs, really music players, and talking to passengers as well. Not to mention eating, smoking, shaving, putting on makeup, doing your hair, and a plethora of other things I see on my daily commute. <br><br>Talking via a headset or speaker phone seems to be much less distracting than most of those I mentioned above. How big of a nanny state do you want this country to turn into? Leo, then we need to ban radios, CDs, really music players, and talking to passengers as well. Not to mention eating, smoking, shaving, putting on makeup, doing your hair, and a plethora of other things I see on my daily commute.

Talking via a headset or speaker phone seems to be much less distracting than most of those I mentioned above. How big of a nanny state do you want this country to turn into?

]]> By: Leonidas http://themoderatevoice.com/47779/if-texting-ban-comes-truckers-want-an-exception/comment-page-1/#comment-218312 Leonidas Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:43:06 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=47779#comment-218312 Everyone thinks they can use cellphones and texting safely, its the other guy who is always not doing so. I'm sorry but no one is so busy that they can't pull over if the call is THAT important. Everyone thinks they can use cellphones and texting safely, its the other guy who is always not doing so. I'm sorry but no one is so busy that they can't pull over if the call is THAT important.

]]> By: shannonlee http://themoderatevoice.com/47779/if-texting-ban-comes-truckers-want-an-exception/comment-page-1/#comment-218173 shannonlee Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:31:27 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=47779#comment-218173 At 65, having a conversation with a passenger while driving isn't a problem. At 130, it is. My point is that any distraction while driving is dangerous considering the conditions. At 65, having a conversation with a passenger while driving isn't a problem. At 130, it is. My point is that any distraction while driving is dangerous considering the conditions.

]]> By: Almoderate http://themoderatevoice.com/47779/if-texting-ban-comes-truckers-want-an-exception/comment-page-1/#comment-218160 Almoderate Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:43:25 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=47779#comment-218160 Just look at the picture in that article! I don't know what bothers me more-- the full-size keyboard or the chihuahua in his lap! Or maybe it's that, in demonstrating the device, there's a certain direction he's obviously not looking in. Just look at the picture in that article! I don't know what bothers me more– the full-size keyboard or the chihuahua in his lap! Or maybe it's that, in demonstrating the device, there's a certain direction he's obviously not looking in.

]]> By: tidbits http://themoderatevoice.com/47779/if-texting-ban-comes-truckers-want-an-exception/comment-page-1/#comment-218138 tidbits Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:41:49 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=47779#comment-218138 A friend recently got t-boned by someone exiting a parking lot while texting. No injuries or fatalities, thank God. If you want to drive a vehicle on a public roadway, you owe a duty of responsibility to others. Ban it for all drivers. A friend recently got t-boned by someone exiting a parking lot while texting. No injuries or fatalities, thank God. If you want to drive a vehicle on a public roadway, you owe a duty of responsibility to others. Ban it for all drivers.

]]> By: RememebrNovember http://themoderatevoice.com/47779/if-texting-ban-comes-truckers-want-an-exception/comment-page-1/#comment-218122 RememebrNovember Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:14:39 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=47779#comment-218122 They can have it so long as they can calculate the critical mass of a fully laden semi going 65, as it hits an SUV filled with their own family members.<br><br>/idiots.<br><br>only way around that is if they have speech-to-text an afaik most pd's don't have that. They can have it so long as they can calculate the critical mass of a fully laden semi going 65, as it hits an SUV filled with their own family members.

/idiots.

only way around that is if they have speech-to-text an afaik most pd's don't have that.

]]> By: garyknowz1 http://themoderatevoice.com/47779/if-texting-ban-comes-truckers-want-an-exception/comment-page-1/#comment-218072 garyknowz1 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:50:35 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=47779#comment-218072 For the record, not all cell phone use while driving is banned. If you want to drive and talk on the phone, get a bluetooth device. But texting and driving? That's plain ludicrous. <br><br>However, in a truck!?!? Ummm…Mr. Boyce…sir. You do understand that your clients are operating vehicles which can weigh up to 80,000 pound and have very poor maneuverability and braking distance, correct? And you want to give them the option of paying less attention to the road? With all due respect, you’re nuts. For the record, not all cell phone use while driving is banned. If you want to drive and talk on the phone, get a bluetooth device. But texting and driving? That's plain ludicrous.

However, in a truck!?!? Ummm…Mr. Boyce…sir. You do understand that your clients are operating vehicles which can weigh up to 80,000 pound and have very poor maneuverability and braking distance, correct? And you want to give them the option of paying less attention to the road? With all due respect, you’re nuts.

]]> By: Shard http://themoderatevoice.com/47779/if-texting-ban-comes-truckers-want-an-exception/comment-page-1/#comment-218069 Shard Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:29:26 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=47779#comment-218069 I don't believe that all cell phone usage should be banned while driving. Used properly (speaker phone or headset), cell phones have about as much distraction as chatting to a passenger. I will grant that some drivers are more prone to accidents during both than others.<br><br>I rarely text while driving (a quick, "on my way," while at a red light or such), but would welcome a ban on the practice. Then again, I would also welcome a ban on teenagers driving anything that goes over 35 mph, but that's me :). I don't believe that all cell phone usage should be banned while driving. Used properly (speaker phone or headset), cell phones have about as much distraction as chatting to a passenger. I will grant that some drivers are more prone to accidents during both than others.

I rarely text while driving (a quick, “on my way,” while at a red light or such), but would welcome a ban on the practice. Then again, I would also welcome a ban on teenagers driving anything that goes over 35 mph, but that's me :) .

]]> By: shannonlee http://themoderatevoice.com/47779/if-texting-ban-comes-truckers-want-an-exception/comment-page-1/#comment-218065 shannonlee Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:02:05 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=47779#comment-218065 I second that...texting while driving is deadly. I second that…texting while driving is deadly.

]]> By: Leonidas http://themoderatevoice.com/47779/if-texting-ban-comes-truckers-want-an-exception/comment-page-1/#comment-218061 Leonidas Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:44:36 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=47779#comment-218061 I'd love a ban on texting and cellphone use by all drivers. If its that important, pull over, stop, and don't endanger other drivers. I'd love a ban on texting and cellphone use by all drivers. If its that important, pull over, stop, and don't endanger other drivers.

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