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Originally Posted by ITD
No need, I think the problem is bad enough that it doesn't matter, if the phone is moving more than 10, maybe 15 mph, it stops working, passenger or driver. A necessary inconvenience caused by people too dim to realize how dangerous they are to others when they drive distracted by these devices, nevermind themselves.
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Hi, 911! I need help.... (silence). Oops, phone stopped working.
The enforcement is the hard part. We have no texting while driving here in NC. It's nearly impossible to enforce. The driver does not have to surrender the phone for search and it's easy to just say you were trying to find a number or accessing music to play. Our highway patrol uses unmarked Chevy Tahoes to look down into cars. They run projects sometimes and they are the only agency that really enforces it. It's a feel good law at best.
Many would complain of gestapo tactics and the ever popular complaint "Don't the cops have something better to do?" would surely arise if law enforcement tried to do more. We can't win.
It's either hands off all together for any reason (except emergencies) or put up with weak and ineffective laws.