Originally Posted by koffee brown
I put one together, and I plan to submit it to US Congress and the Conference of Mayors. Please sign it, and distribute it to any usergroups, forums, etc.
http://www.petitiononline.com/7474355/
Thanks!
Koffee Brown
The petition appears too broad brushed:
1) It would also envelope hands free use not merely the high distraction text messaging type of usage associated with Jim’s death.
2) Police enforcement is a local issue-a law enacted by Congress would give the US attorneys some cause of action and federal enforcement officers grounds to make a citation/arrest for those on roads, but most police enforcement still comes down to a local matter.
3) Where is the enabling causal relationship grounded in Interstate Commerce or some other Federal constitutional basis for such federal legislation superceeding or supplementing state laws?
4) Why the United States Conference on Mayors? Are we attempting to get some mosaic patchwork of varying fines through municipal ordinances of in each city or some select cities? Municipalities typically lack authority to propagate felony charges, so further municipal regulation seems overshadowed by the state laws in most instances.
There seems to be a bigger problem with the enforcement of the existing law-in this instance the prosecutor in Colorado electing to merely file misdemeanor charges rather than felony reckless homicide/manslaughter charges. If the prosecutor/US attorney/States Attorney elect not to pursue charges, police citations that aren’t prosecuted don't go very far.