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pushpullpete wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 1:18 pm As in 'Common Sense' gun laws.

aero10 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 12:51 pm

03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2019 8:34 pm When it gets a person it will be during an accident after the cops see you were texting at the same time as the wreck.

I've heard it's that, but also insurance companies could start using it as a reason to deny coverage.

pushpullpete wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 1:01 pm

03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 12:30 pm

pushpullpete wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 12:24 pm

jason812 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 9:25 am
Passing laws based on emotions do not work. The common sense texting while driving law didn't stop people from texting and driving just like common sense gun control will not stop another mass shooting.

They have not.
I will repeat what many others have said,
'We are a nation of laws that needs NO MORE LAWS. We need better enforcement and stricter penalties.'
I earned my commercial license over 40 yrs ago. Things have changed over the yrs on the road. When first
enacted in Cali, that no cell thing exempted commercial drivers for a time (not sure of the time frame) and
I believe it's now illegal. I have thankfully been in Texas for a few years. I think that 1st responders are
actually exempt from that. I'll check for a statute.

One cannot compare laws forbidding talking on a cell phone with gun laws. There is no constitutional right to talk on the cell phone. There is a constitutional right to keep and bare arms.

Ok.
Wasn't aware I was. Can you elaborate or am I missing something ?

pushpullpete wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 12:24 pm

jason812 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 9:25 am
Passing laws based on emotions do not work. The common sense texting while driving law didn't stop people from texting and driving just like common sense gun control will not stop another mass shooting.

They have not.
I will repeat what many others have said,
'We are a nation of laws that needs NO MORE LAWS. We need better enforcement and stricter penalties.'
I earned my commercial license over 40 yrs ago. Things have changed over the yrs on the road. When first
enacted in Cali, that no cell thing exempted commercial drivers for a time (not sure of the time frame) and
I believe it's now illegal. I have thankfully been in Texas for a few years. I think that 1st responders are
actually exempt from that. I'll check for a statute.

WTR wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 9:55 am

KLB wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 9:40 am At least some of what you see re drivers with phones may relate to GPS maps. I don't text or make phone calls, but I do sometimes need to rely on GPS.

I don’t believe the use of a hand held device by the driver is legal period.

jason812 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2019 8:21 pm Any data on whether the texting and driving ban has reduced automobile accidents? Judging by the amount of people I see driving while playing on their phones, I am willing to say no, the new law didn't do anything. This law was passed in the wake of a tragedy much like the excuses for passing new gun control laws.