Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All it does is bam physically holding the phone while driving, which is already banned in work zones. You can still make phone calls using hands-free devices.

Making phone calls using hand-free devices should be banned too.

This. Absolutely this.

You need to be focused on driving. Not having a conversation. Personally, I don't think cars should even be allowed to have radios, because music is so distracting. But that's a fight for later. Let's get phone use banned first.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It should be illegal to have your cell phone in your hand while operating a vehicle. Period. And honestly, the penalty should be severe. It’s enforced on military installations with zero tolerance.

Some of the most awful, distracted drivers are on bluetooth phonecalls in their car. Using your phone while driving is awful, but hands free doesn't necessarily make people drive better.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All it does is bam physically holding the phone while driving, which is already banned in work zones. You can still make phone calls using hands-free devices.

Making phone calls using hand-free devices should be banned too.

That's ridiculous. So what you're saying is people need to be completely unable to communicate with the outside world when they're driving. What if it's an emergency?

It's 2020. The reality is people communicate on the phone while driving. Using a hands-free device is perfectly fine. In fact, most new cars have built-in systems to facilitate it.

Are you saying it will be illegal for me to use the voice command system that Ford built into my car to make phone calls?

No. What I'm saying is, when you're operating a motor vehicle, you should be required to stay off your phone.

Using a hand-free device is not perfectly fine. It's distracted driving.

And it should be illegal for Ford (or any other car manufacturer) to build voice command systems into their vehicles to make phone calls.

Anonymous wrote:You all are psycho if you think using a hand free system to talk on the phone should be illegal. Honestly insane.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All it does is bam physically holding the phone while driving, which is already banned in work zones. You can still make phone calls using hands-free devices.

Making phone calls using hand-free devices should be banned too.

Anonymous wrote:Hands Off: Virginia Debates Bill Making It Illegal to Hold Your Phone While Driving


In Virginia, it's illegal to text and drive. Now the Commonwealth wants to say "hands off your phone"—for good.
The Virginia House of Delegates will address a proposed bill that aims to ban not just calling, texting, and using your phone while behind the wheel, but even holding your phone in your hand. The bill, HB 874, is currently moving through the Virginia state legislature in Richmond.

Proposed by Del. Jeff Bourne (D-Richmond) this month, the bill would explicitly declare it unlawful for any "motor vehicle driver"... to "hold a personal mobile communications device."
How its this a good bill? We need to call our Del and tell them that we should be allowed to use our phones while we drive.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It should be illegal to have your cell phone in your hand while operating a vehicle. Period. And honestly, the penalty should be severe. It’s enforced on military installations with zero tolerance.

Some of the most awful, distracted drivers are on bluetooth phonecalls in their car. Using your phone while driving is awful, but hands free doesn't necessarily make people drive better.

I’m the poster you quoted. I agree completely. It’s still distracted driving.

How is chatting on a hands-free telephone call materially different from chatting with a passenger in the back seat?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It should be illegal to have your cell phone in your hand while operating a vehicle. Period. And honestly, the penalty should be severe. It’s enforced on military installations with zero tolerance.

Some of the most awful, distracted drivers are on bluetooth phonecalls in their car. Using your phone while driving is awful, but hands free doesn't necessarily make people drive better.

I’m the poster you quoted. I agree completely. It’s still distracted driving.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It should be illegal to have your cell phone in your hand while operating a vehicle. Period. And honestly, the penalty should be severe. It’s enforced on military installations with zero tolerance.

Some of the most awful, distracted drivers are on bluetooth phonecalls in their car. Using your phone while driving is awful, but hands free doesn't necessarily make people drive better.

Anonymous wrote:It should be illegal to have your cell phone in your hand while operating a vehicle. Period. And honestly, the penalty should be severe. It’s enforced on military installations with zero tolerance.