Should talking on cellphone while driving be banned?

Question

I think it should and I also think it shouldn't. I mean when people get license its because they are responsible enough to drive. so, i dont know. you tell me

Answer 1

Yes. I have seen some horrific accidents involving people with a cell phone screwed in their ear talking, completely oblivious to the traffic around them.

Answer 2

Sometimes I think that "talking" while driving should be banned.

Not just talking on the cell phone - but talking to your passengers.

If not banned - then definitely the recommendation should be made to all drivers during training or re-training - both young and old - that talking while driving should be limited to short, simple conversations involving only giving directions or no more complicated than giving a turn instruction.

It is distracting to talk and drive - you can miss an exit - you can also not notice a car in the next lane when you want to pull over.

Answer 3

In only some parts of some states, it s already illegal to talk on your phone and drive at the same time. I think there should be some restrictions like in school zones, construction zones and freeways. And to those restrictions should be a clause for repeat offenders ( i.e bigger fines with each offense). The exception for talking on a cell phone and driving should extend to handsfree headsets and systems, like Bluetooth and OnStar. It is totally unrealistic to think that there will ever be a Nationwide law that bans the combination, due to civil rights activists. I live on a main street in a major city and have watched many people crash into poles in my own front yard, with their only excuse being that they were on the phone. We've all seen it. Just my sensible opinion!!

Answer 4

Oh yes, should it ever be.
Just 2 months ago, I was riding in a taxi, and the driver was fumbling around with his cell phone, and actually went over the curb and across the lawn of a house there. I had to demand that he concentrated on the driving for which I was actually paying him.

There are people who are using their cell phone responsibly, but it is impossible to separate the idiots from the responsible ones, so the law should apply evenly to everyone. When you drive, you don't phone.

The Mythbusters also showed that speaking on a cell phone make a driver less capable of controlling their car than being legally drunk. And we all know how dangerous drunk drivers can be.

Answer 5

If there is a patition for banning cell phone use, I'll be at the top of the list. I've been hit multipul times by cell phone drivers. I work in a garage and I do a lot of driving pre/post work. I drive on average 150km/d excluding what I drive in my truck. I was on a test drive in a 2000 Audi A4 and I was hit by a woman who ran a red light on a turn signal and I hit the brakes, hit the horn, and tried to steer out of the way. still didn't work, I hit her right on the front fender of the passenger side. Her Esclade was a write off, and so was the Audi. Turns out, it does not run through the shop insurance, it runs through the vehicle owners insurance. So the guy with the Audi, was out a car, (only being paid for insurance, half of what it was worth) and the lady in the Esclade missed her phone call. The shop ended up getting sued by the guy and we, in turn, ended up sueing the lady who I hit. We won, the guy got a new Audi A4 and the woman was out her Caddi. This whole time took about 8 months, and was a mojor headache. If she was paying attention to the road. I would not have hit her when she ran the red, right in front of me, and the Audi owner and the woman would not be out thier vehicles, and she wouldn't have been out the costs of my pay for 3 weeks, I had no major injury, but my hands were bursed badly, same with my wrists and my neck and back. I still see the chiropractor on a regular basis, and she continues to pay for the sessions. It was not worth the conversation. I hit her doing about 50km/h after I hit the brakes, I was doing 60km when I hit the brakes. The Audi owner, who was a very good customer of ours, will not come back to the shop because of it. It cost us more then the price of the lawsutes, it cost the shop thousands of dollars with me being out of commission, it cost the shop a very good customer, and it destroyed my reputation in the automall I work at (which I have had to slowly rebuild, and i'm still not there). That was the one that cost me the most. I've been rear ended, and side swiped in my old car a few times by cell phone drivers.

Answer 6

Yes..... too many accidents waiting to happen.. when you are on a cell phone (it dont matter who YOU are) you are distracted by the person on other line.. dont tell me you mind is on the road.. cause its not.. our brains cant do several things at the same time.. which is talk on cellphone, drive and eat food.. i see so many people trying to drive, smoke, eat, drink sodas and drive at the same time.. how can you drive with the phone in your left/right hand and your other hand on steering wheel and in between eat your food.. forget it you cant without coming close to hitting someone.. You mind is on food, the conversation and trying to drive.. BAN CELL PHONES>. that includes earphones or Bluetooth,.. cause you still have you mind on that phone instead of the road...

Answer 7

People on cell phones while driving (actually not driving) really P me off. I have been stuck behind and around so many inconsiderate cell phone users !!! AARGHH!
I wish I could use Ventriloquism to actually tell them what I think!!

My kid's laugh at me when I yell at other drivers (knowing they can not hear me)

If I could actually Throw my voice into the cars of Bad Drivers using cell phones.. .
Hey Idiot "Shut up, Hang up and DRIVE!!!

The same goes for the STUPID people that sit at a green light or drive in traffic putting on their Make-up!!! Get out of bed a few minutes earlier and save some lives.

Answer 8

I think cell phones should automatically come with ear pieces that are driver-friendly. This would allow the driver to focus with hands on the wheel. Then, banning would no longer be necessary! We listen to the stereo while driving and listening to a caller is the same thing.

Answer 9

Talking on a cellphone whilst driving is only fine if the phone is in hands free mode. Otherwise ' Yes' it should be banned.

Answer 10

I think it's dangerous but it shouldn't be banned. I think texting should definitely be banned while driving though. There is really no need to text someone while behind the wheel. If someone dialing there phone for a prolonged period of time or if they are gazing at there cell phone screen rather than the road and a police officer spots them, he or she should have a reason to pull them over and ticket them.

Answer 11

You are right, that is what bluetooth is for. I have been driving since I was 9 and did not get hit till 18 for racing on the el then I got my license, it was my punishment. too easy. I was well prepared by then.I was still very ashamed. for making a misteak. An attourney accidentilly got in my way while racing a transam in a nova and I put a pin scratch in his car. He threw out flairs and was very mean for a pin scratch so the officer did not care for his attitute much. I did what I had to do though and finally got my license.