Comments on: This is the danger of texting and driving http://blog.rac.ca/?p=297 All about ham radio in Canada - Tous pour la radioamateur au Canada Sun, 12 May 2013 22:59:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Escoyondy Joe http://blog.rac.ca/?p=297&cpage=1#comment-58 Escoyondy Joe Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:03:06 +0000 http://racblog.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/this-is-the-danger-of-texting-and-driving/#comment-58 This video more importantly shows money and effort the govmnt spends trying to protect us, would be better spent teaching defensive driving tequniques. The other driver had time to hit the horn, but failed to do any emergency collision avoidance into the empty part of his lane. The attitude of "I'm in the right and she has to get back into her lane" is surprisingly common when I am riding with new drivers...but worrying about who has the right of way won't save your life, or prevent the often preventable. We have enough laws on the books for police to enforce dangerous driving habits. Bill 118 will only clog the courts when zealous officers use the "cell phone distraction" summons for every poor driving habit. Bill 118 is far too vulnerable to the officers discretion of playing "what might have happened". If the "distraction" DID effected the driving, they should be charged with the HTA act on the books that covers the action.(following too close, fail to yield, dangerous driving) More laws in Ontario...the police becoming glorified tax revenue collectors for the government. This video more importantly shows money and effort the govmnt spends trying to protect us, would be better spent teaching defensive driving tequniques. The other driver had time to hit the horn, but failed to do any emergency collision avoidance into the empty part of his lane.

The attitude of “I’m in the right and she has to get back into her lane” is surprisingly common when I am riding with new drivers…but worrying about who has the right of way won’t save your life, or prevent the often preventable.

We have enough laws on the books for police to enforce dangerous driving habits. Bill 118 will only clog the courts when zealous officers use the “cell phone distraction” summons for every poor driving habit.

Bill 118 is far too vulnerable to the officers discretion of playing “what might have happened”. If the “distraction” DID effected the driving, they should be charged with the HTA act on the books that covers the action.(following too close, fail to yield, dangerous driving)

More laws in Ontario…the police becoming glorified tax revenue collectors for the government.

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