Originally Posted by
Angio Graham
I take comfort knowing that both fatalities and accidents are way down in America despite increased cell phone usage.
Freedom and liberty comes with side effects and one of those might be a slight increased risk posed by drivers and cell phones.
My solution is not to criminalize and extort money from drivers who cause no harm with their cell phones, but rather to punish more severly drivers who DO cause harm while using a cell phone while driving.
I also believe America could reduce a much more significant amount of injuries and death by cracking down more on drunk drivers. However, people like their alcohol too much to actually punish drunk drivers enough to deter further drunk drivers.
Avoiding harm is vastely more useful than punishing people after the fact (unless you
like punishng people).
Originally Posted by
Angio Graham
Drunk drivers cause far more accidents than cell phone users. Go after them first and reduce more accidents that way.
You really don't know this. The number of accidents caused by drunk drivers have declined over the years. Cell-phone use has exploded in recent years (and the unknown number of collisions caused by them is likely increasing at a similar rate). It's possible that the rates will cross.
Originally Posted by
Angio Graham
Freedom and liberty comes with side effects and one of those might be a slight increased risk posed by drivers and cell phones.
This is another thing you don't know.
It is clear that the "freedom and liberty" of people injured by other people doesn't matter to you.