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Every other nation has cell phones so I fail to see how the cell phone argument holds water. Also the safety of speed for a given environment should include pe
by aners_xyz 2y ago
Every other nation has cell phones so I fail to see how the cell phone argument holds water.
Also the safety of speed for a given environment should include pedestrians. Many advocates for urban areas rightfully push for 25 mph limits for exactly that reason. If you want to successfully convert in town urban roads that are wide and have high speeds to 25mph there are two good options: speed calming measures or speed cameras.
- latentsea 2y agoI live in NZ and they introduced laws here where you can be fined and potentially lose your license for using your phone while driving citing it as being dangerous.
- nox101 2y agothey have those in the several states in USA. https://www.chp.ca.gov/CommunityOutreachAndMediaRelationsSite/Documents/distracted_driving.pdf https://www.chp.ca.gov/CommunityOutreachAndMediaRelationsSit... They aren't enforced (nor does it feel like any traffic laws are enforced anymore)
- latentsea 2y agohttps://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2024/03/mobile-phone-driving-offences-jump-over-25-percent-year-on-year-police-statistics.html https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2024/03/mobile-ph... Hmm... seems like they're enforced here? Perhaps we need to up the fines though.