[Doglips]

Ok so in Calf.. guns are bad....but per this artical...link included..I cut some of the stuff from the artical because it went on and on......guns look friendly next to these statics.




You probably know that fewer than 1000 people a year die in gun-related accidents. But did you know that cell phones accounted for between 600 and 1000 deaths in 2001 - and are expected to cause 2000 deaths a year by 2004?

Next time some idiot suggests that "there should be a law" requiring locks, licenses, waiting periods or mandatory safety classes for guns you can suggest we save twice as many lives by requiring such restrictions for cells phones.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...distractions_4


High-Tech Gizmos Distracting Drivers
Thu Aug 22, 7:46 PM ET
By JIM WASSERMAN, Associated Press Writer

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gone are the good old days of distracted driving, when motorists merely juggled coffee, shaved, read a map, drove with a pet dog in the lap and lit cigarettes for the miles still ahead.


Nationally, officials believe up to 30 percent of crashes are caused by driver distractions that include mobile communications devices.

A March report by the National Conference of State Legislatures suggests device-related distractions that killed an estimated 600 to 1,000 motorists in 2001 could kill 2,000 a year by 2004.

The report also cites "great potential" for even more dramatic increases in fatalities by the decade's end.



Already, cell phones, in-car electronics and radio-CD systems represent the leading cause of inattention in crashes that killed 6,516 Californians and injured 413,913 last year.

Those causes ran well ahead of eating, smoking, children, pets, reading and personal hygiene. Yet many, including the California Highway Patrol, which last year joined 15 states that gather such statistics, believe cell phone and high-tech inattention is greatly underreported because most offenders don't admit to it.

[Oxford]

It's unlikely that I'll use my cellphone in the car because I can't hear well enough because of the engine roar. Usually I stop along the road or drive into a parking lot if it's necessary to call someone.

My phone is always turned off so incoming calls is not a problem. The only time I keep it on is when a special situation merits turning it on for one particular call or so.

Cell phones are definitely a hazard to use when driving, probably even worse than when some people used to keep their dogs on their lap looking out the drivers side window.(ha)

Oxford :nod:

[Dale]

I have NEVER used my cell phone in the truck....heck, I'm too dang busy loading my gun, .

[8mm Vigilante]

living here in Los Angeles i get to see these statistics in action, i mean people here don't tend to drive that well to begin with, but add a cell phone, and it's an accident certain to happen!
And most of the people who use cell phones in the car are too self absorbed to care if they hit another person anyway, phone or no phone, the whole idea is that they look important, if phones were invisable they wouldn't own them, in facy cell phones now days seem to be more for status than for acctual practicality.
But that's just my .02

-Jesse

[Mick]

Ever tried using a cell while driving a stick shift in traffic, I really like doing that, it really drives other people wild, especially when I'm in my ute with my big hat on and the dogs in the back, man you should see their faces.
I think the words hayseed, hick, blockie and others to that effect come to mind.

[Stewart]

Don't worry, many states are already putting restrictions on cell phone use while driving. I believe a couple already have a total no use policy while driving, while others are going to require that you must have a "Hands Free" set up in your vehicle.

[MarkII 22]

I thank it's illegal in Kansas. But so is packing a gun.

[Oxford]

Thumbs up is for making cell phones illegal while driving.

Also, thumbs up for the quality of the previous member's post. No other comment is necessary.

As far as not having the right to carry in Kansas...that's a bummer.
Oxford

[MarkII 22]

I'm past 200 posts told you chris.