Cold, hard, sad statistics.
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Cold, hard, sad statistics.
At least some things have improved, but more needs to be done. It is bad enough during a single car accident people are killed, a lot of the time because they do not have a seat belt on & are ejected from the vehicle, but at least with the new divided 4-lane it has reduced or eliminated the amount of head on collisions.
I think to improve things the law makers need to change the seat belt law to include everyone in the vehicle, both front & back, including containing pets as they can become projectiles. and we need law prohibiting cell phone use while driving too.
https://www.bikeiowa.com/asp/hotnews/...sp?NewsID=1938
I think to improve things the law makers need to change the seat belt law to include everyone in the vehicle, both front & back, including containing pets as they can become projectiles. and we need law prohibiting cell phone use while driving too.
https://www.bikeiowa.com/asp/hotnews/...sp?NewsID=1938
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Originally Posted by John Wilke
The article mentions the two biggest factors that need to be addressed ... speed and cell phones.
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A majority of the speeders are high school to college age kids. I think as part of the drivers ed. curriculum they should see what happens when they speed or use a cell phone, have an accident & die. They should be shown graphic photo's, video & if possible take them to a morgue to show them the dead body of a kid like them who died because he or she was speeding or using a cell phone while driving. I think maybe it would sink home. Scare them into not speeding. Who know's, maybe it will scare them into not driving & cause them to use public transit or commute by bike. That wouldn't be a bad thing either.
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They should put cell phone jammers in cars, activated when the engine is running. If somebody needs to pick up messages he should stop and then check.
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What's funny is I went for a bike ride the other day on the bike path to the beach and encountered a surprising number of bike riders who had pulled over to use their cell phones. Too bad car drivers don't do the same.
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Let us be a little more precise, OK? Drivers should not use cell phones while driving. I am cool with passengers doing it.
I would like some way to prevent cell use while driving. Pity normal jamming would leak out of the car and interfer with other phones.
I would like some way to prevent cell use while driving. Pity normal jamming would leak out of the car and interfer with other phones.
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Originally Posted by sbhikes
What's funny is I went for a bike ride the other day on the bike path to the beach and encountered a surprising number of bike riders who had pulled over to use their cell phones. Too bad car drivers don't do the same.