To the woman that nearly ran me off the road today!!!!

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Originally Posted by Bugeater

So it was eventually confirmed that the person that hit you was on the phone?

yep

Originally Posted by Guru

Keep in mind my bias here since I have been blasted by one of these idiots. That near miss yesterday just lit my fire again. Far as I am concerned it should be illegal. I know Kansas has entertained this option in the past and I hope they revisit it soon.

Yank their license for a year. If you're on the phone and cause an accident, suspend your license period.

[RJ]

Originally Posted by Phobia

No. I'm saying that people should know their limits. I can't rock climb so you're not going to see me scaling cliffs anytime soon. It would not be wise. I can't text and drive so I don't. I can hold a casual conversation and drive - as can many others. If you can then do. If you can't, it should be reasonably obvious quickly.

I just don't know how you legislate aptitude issues. If I tried to swim across the Lake of the Ozarks, I'm fairly sure there would be a water rescue about 400 yards into my swim. That rescue would cost somebody some money. But how do you legislate "Do not swim across the lake?" It's a dumb law because there are a lot of people who can and do swim across the lake safely.

Some people handle alcohol better than others. Should they be allowed to drink and drive?

Originally Posted by RJ

Some people handle alcohol better than others. Should they be allowed to drink and drive?

That's actually a lot better example than at first I thought.

I think that we probably do allow them to drink and drive by virtue of not stopping them for a symptom of drunken driving when somebody who isn't quite as tolerant would have weaved or overcompensated, resulting in probable cause for a traffic stop.

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by Phobia

No. I'm saying that people should know their limits. I can't rock climb so you're not going to see me scaling cliffs anytime soon. It would not be wise. I can't text and drive so I don't. I can hold a casual conversation and drive - as can many others. If you can then do. If you can't, it should be reasonably obvious quickly.

I just don't know how you legislate aptitude issues. If I tried to swim across the Lake of the Ozarks, I'm fairly sure there would be a water rescue about 400 yards into my swim. That rescue would cost somebody some money. But how do you legislate "Do not swim across the lake?" It's a dumb law because there are a lot of people who can and do swim across the lake safely.

Sure, in a perfect world an honor system would be fine. But it's clear to me from what I see on a daily basis that many people either don't know their limits or are completely disregarding them. I honestly believe that most of them have no idea how badly they are driving because they are so preoccupied with their conversations.

As far as how to legislate it, well that's pretty simple, you ban it for everyone.