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Article #9458Re: Should Md. Ban Cell phones in cars?
From: James Knott
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 11:58
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 11:58
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Marc wrote: > I know of no law preventing inattentive driving in Texas. There are laws > against driving unsafely, and one may argue that inattentive s unsafe, but > there is nothing I know of making it per se illegal to drive while asleep, > drive with your knee with an electric razor in one hand and breakfast in > the other, or drive while reading the morning paper. > Such laws may have different names, but the intent is the same. It requires motorists to concentrate on the traffic and not something else. If the laws were required to specify each possible distraction, it would make for some very long lists. -- Fundamentalism is fundamentally wrong. To reply to this message, replace everything to the left of "@" with james.knott.
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