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What are they doing about people that text (or read their phone) and drive?
by jrs235 7y ago
What are they doing about people that text (or read their phone) and drive?
- tomjen3 7y agoToo little. I agree that it is a problem, but a) you can drop the phone in an instant if necessary whereas you can't get sober in an instant and c) you are distracted only over the road you are reading the SMS, not the entire way. Here in Denmark it now cost a point on your license, as well as about 200 or 300 dollars in a fine. Depending on when you got your license, 2 or 3 points within 3 years will earn you a new driving test (which, unlike in the US, is really though to pass). Arguably you should forfeit your license on the first offense, but at least this is better than the old rule.
- Waterluvian 7y agoI think almost all responses to drunk driving are weak, including this one. But the response to distracted driving, especially with phones, is even weaker. If people stared getting banned for life from driving in a province/state, either behavior would change pretty fast or at least we'd be rid of repeat offenders.
- rhinoceraptor 7y agoDriving while sleep deprived is also a huge problem, unfortunately it's much harder to observe.
- freeone3000 7y ago$600 fine first offense. Double second offense. 5 demerit points for each offense. Not as extreme, but not ignorable. Summary of Quebec demerit points: Demerit points last for 2 years, and if you have more than 8 and are under 23, you lose your license. Five demerit points would also add approximately $170 to the cost of license renewal. Points also make insurance more expensive.