NTSB Cell Phone Ban Advocacy

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Originally Posted by bhunter

I concur with his position. The absurdity of the NTSB proposal ought get all involved fired. It is almost like they couldn't decide what to do, thus they went for "Big Gulp" nanny approach, rather than a more nuanced proposal. The only thing that Hersman and the board did was show their idiocy. Come to think of it, is the NTSB, formed in 1967, even needed or could other agencies fulfill their role?

What puzzles me is that the NTSB is full of really smart people who have a very high standard for doing accident investigations (full disclosure - I've been on a few big accident investigation boards for different agencies). People in the AI community look up to these folks. Plus, Hersman is pretty easy on the eyes.

That said, this is an excellent example of (over)activist government. No worries though. It ain't going anywhere IMHO.