Not
that long ago I had a near-miss incident whilst on the road.
I was behind another car waiting to right-on-red onto the highway. The first car stops, and then makes a legal turn. As he is halfway through, the light turns green in both directions—I assume—as I was forced to break and avoid colliding with a midsize-sedan showing no sign of yielding the right of way.
I managed to get a look at the driver: a young brunette woman holding a smartphone—now I can’t be sure—but I think I detected thumb movement.She casually glanced up at me—possibly for the first time—then went on her way.
I could be wrong to blame this incident on texting.
It could be complete ignorance of the “when making a left-turn, a driver must yield to another vehicle coming from an opposing direction making a right-turn” law.
So yes, I believe there should be laws that apply to anything that takes one’s eyes off of the road while driving—in fact I believe there already are laws on the books—like in the Ohio Digest of Motor Vehicle Laws, page 30 section five.
Which means: Texting has been illegal all along.
So why do we need the Federal Government involved? Or involved again?
We’re supposed to keep both hands on the wheel at all times—most of us violate that every day. So where do lawmakers stop listing offending tasks? The fine-print of the law would be 139 pages long—
Ahem.
Too soon?
I was behind another car waiting to right-on-red onto the highway. The first car stops, and then makes a legal turn. As he is halfway through, the light turns green in both directions—I assume—as I was forced to break and avoid colliding with a midsize-sedan showing no sign of yielding the right of way.
I managed to get a look at the driver: a young brunette woman holding a smartphone—now I can’t be sure—but I think I detected thumb movement.She casually glanced up at me—possibly for the first time—then went on her way.
I could be wrong to blame this incident on texting.
It could be complete ignorance of the “when making a left-turn, a driver must yield to another vehicle coming from an opposing direction making a right-turn” law.
So yes, I believe there should be laws that apply to anything that takes one’s eyes off of the road while driving—in fact I believe there already are laws on the books—like in the Ohio Digest of Motor Vehicle Laws, page 30 section five.
Which means: Texting has been illegal all along.
So why do we need the Federal Government involved? Or involved again?
We’re supposed to keep both hands on the wheel at all times—most of us violate that every day. So where do lawmakers stop listing offending tasks? The fine-print of the law would be 139 pages long—
- "A driver shall not, while operating a motor vehicle, text or make cell-phone calls of any kind without a hands-free device. […]
- The driver shall not make a pastrami-sandwich—regardless of bread-choice—nor shall the driver prepare cold or hot food-dishes of any kind. […]
- The driver shall not assemble model-kits of any scale, color, vintage or collectability. […]
- The driver shall not at any time perform a “pressed-ham.”[…]
- The driver shall not “pass the wheel” to another person in the car—action-hero style—then exit the vehicle while it is in motion, board another vehicle and engage in combat with the driver or passenger(s) of the other vehicle. […]
- The driver shall not perform Paul Walker’s “stare (at the passenger) and drive” move from the Fast & Furious film-series. [...]
Ahem.
Too soon?
It’s
a very tragic situation—but this is legal text here. […]”
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