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Hey Dalton McGuinty, fuck off! Ontario now wants to ban cell phones while driving , along with any other hand held electronic gadget. The attack of the nanny state strikes again. Dalton McDork has made it his life goal to ban everything it seems and I'm having a difficult time keeping count of how many things he has managed to ban in Ontario.
Follow up:
Drivers will now face a fine of up to $500 for driving while intexticated , and may face further penalties if it puts others in danger (wtf?). So no messing with your ipod, your dvd player, your GPS etc. Of course the police, firefighters and ambulance drivers are exempt from this law because apparently, they are the epitome of concentration when it comes to driving and they can do anything.
Hands free headsets are allowed which basically means that drivers are not allowed to take their hands off the wheel, but it is ok to take your mind off of your driving if you have a blue tooth headset.
Now I have seen idiots driving along talkin on their phones and driving like morons, everyone has. But, trying to legislate common sense is something I do not agree with. How many people will still text and drive? Laws like this are ridiculous in my opinion, and come up just as fast as the loss of a manufacturing plant in Ontario. Never mind the job losses though, Dalton has a plan to ban something, who cares about everything else, as long as people are taken care of by the Mr Rogers of politics, we will all be ok, pfftt. For those that praise the gestapo government of Ontario, I ask, what's next? What else do you want banned? How about taking away your morning Timmy's while driving? Or talking to your passengers, or even your kids? What is it gonna take for you to see this twit for what he is? I'm betting on the Timmy's, people would be up in arms on that one. Distractions are distractions, it doesn't matter what it is, which makes this law stupid. Chalk up another lie for Dalton. Get bent McGuinty, ya fucking tool.
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10/29/08 @ 12:31:41 pm
Hmmm. Have to admit that I agree with this new law. Hand-free cellphone use is fine. But hands-on, no.
As you mentioned, there are plenty of jerks out there who disregard their driving for the sake of a supposedly urgent dialing/button-pushing task. Yes, they spoil it for responsible drivers, but until phone use is made hands-free for all vehicles, I see no way other than law to get those jerks to stop their potentially life-threatening actions.
11/17/09 @ 07:54:09 pm
I have never used a cell phone while driving , but this seems like another dimwit liberal idea of saving the world, what's next helmets on sidewalks
11/19/09 @ 06:30:02 pm
DofH, In so far as the ban, I'm in favour of it. You are correct, though, that you can't legislate common sense. But the law isn't as unenforcable as you make out, but the weakness in the law is the willingness of police to enforce it, especially since they have a bye on it. In my opinion it has to be straight across the board, not exemptions for this group or the other. As you say, police, ambulance, and fire fighters don't have the market cornered on driving skills, but with all the electronic diversions they have to deal with as it is, what with CPIC, radios, GPS, etc, all they need is another distraction from a cell phone.
11/19/09 @ 07:49:37 pm
To be honest, LoS, I actually agree with it as well, however, when this information first came out, I wasn't sure if it would affect other things like the radio etc. My first thoughts were "great, another ban" but in my post I do stress that there are plenty of idiots out there who talk on the phone and cause collisions. My post was more a reaction to a new ban and I must say that it isn't often that I actually think the Ontario Liberals did something of substance. I had to check back on the date at which I posted this blog, its been over a year already, yet I still see morons yackin away and driving.