Cell Phones + Food = Distracted Drivers
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(KCPW News) State lawmakers are looking to crack down on what they call an epidemic of distracted driving on Utah roads. KCPW's Julie Rose has details:
Since freeway drivers are already going 70 or faster on the Wasatch Front, one state lawmaker wants to make the speed legal. State Senator Scott Jenkins believes it will make roads safer, since slower drivers would be forced to move to the left, rather than cruising in left lanes while moving slower than traffic.
Jenkins also wants to crack down on people who eat or talk on their cell phones while driving. His measure - which was approved by a senate committee yesterday - would make distracted driving a secondary offense for which you could only be cited if an officer pulled you over for something else. The Utah Highway Patrol supports the distracted driving law, but is not in favor of increasing the speed limit - for fear accidents will be more severe.
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1. J TADD said:
WAY TO GO SCOTT, YES, LETS JUST UP THE SPEED LIMIT. THEREFORE NOT ONE DRIVER WILL BE PUTTING ON MAKEUP,EATING,TALKING ON THE CELL NOR ABLE TO LITE THAT SMOKE BECAUSE THEY WILL BE DAM BUSY TRYING TO KEEP UP THEIR SPEED, AND IF THEY CRASH, OH, WELL, THEN IT CAN BE SAID THEY WERE DRIVING TOO FAST DUE TO THE ROAD CONDITIONS. WHAT KIND OF IDIOT WOULD COME UP WITH THESE OUTRAGOUS THOUGHTS OTHER THAN THE SENATOR FROM PLAIN CITY. ISN'T THIS WHERE THE PLYGAMIST CHIEF OF POLICE LIVES? AND THATS OK, BECAUSE GOOD MORMAN FAITH DON'T EAT,TALK , OR SMOKE RIGHT? I THINK THAT THE LAW FOR CELL PHONES SHOULD BE DISALLOWED FIRST OF ALL. BUT THEN YOU OR ANY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONEL COULDN'T DISCUSS ISSUES ON THE ROAD LET ALONE JUST THE PEOPLE WHO TAKE THERE DAILY LIFE IN THERE HANDS JUST TO GET BEHIND THE WHEEL DAILY. KIDS ARE BEING STRUCK ON 20 MILES SPEED LIMITS ZONES. JUST RETHINK WHAT YOUR DOING, LEAVE US SMOKERS ALONE, US THAT NEED A DRINK OUT OF A WATER BOTTLE TO KEEP FROM DEHYDRATION WHILE DRIVING. GO AFTER SOMETHING THATS WORTHWHILE. LIKE CLEAN UP THE MEXICAN PROBLEMS IN SALT LAKE, THE GANGS,THE SEX PREDITORS. YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF GUTS. DO YOU REALIZE WHAT A RIOT YOU WILL HAVE ON YOUR HANDS IF YOU TRY TO GET THIS PASSSED? WE ARE NOT ALL MORMANS HERE!
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