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Originally Posted by finnbow
Maryland already has such a law, but it's a secondary offense (i.e., they need to be pulling you over for something else in order to cite you for cell phone use). I disregard the rule. I'll make or take short cell calls whenever I wish, but I don't text while driving.
The NTSB proposal goes too far in proposing to also prohibit the use of hands-free devices. I have a feeling that this may be a negotiating tactic to allow them to settle somewhere in the middle. Even if it becomes a Federal rule, Maryland state police won't enforce it any more than they already enforce the existing MD law, which is seldom. I don't know a person who has gotten a ticket for using a cellphone.
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Virginia too. I had a cop pull me over once, just because he saw me flip my phone open. No ticket, it was a catch and release, but he did comment about the link between cell phone use and accidents.
Ya know, police and other first responders are the ones who see it everyday in the course of doing their jobs. If they report cell phone use as a rising cause of accidents, I tend to believe them. I see no reason why they would lie. I do know they get tired of cleaning up the bloody mess.
Dave