Bolwerk wrote:
> Martin Edwards wrote:
>> donquijote1954 wrote:
>>> On Feb 24, 6:59 pm, Eric Vey <jun...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> donquijote1954 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I think the lack of enforcement is what's stupid. Aren't they banned
>>>>> in other countries?
>>>>> Cell phone policies in different countries and states...
>>>>> http://www.cell-block-r.com/BannedPhones.htm
>>>> "This page lists those countries that have banned the use of a cell
>>>> phone when driving unless used with some form of hands-free kit."
>>>>
>>>> So that's a pretty useless page.
>>>>
>>>> It's the conversation and the dialing that is the distraction, not
>>>> driving with one hand.
>>>>
>>>> In the US, I think only California will have a law totally banning
them
>>>> while driving. Watching TV while driving has been illegal forever
(the
>>>> TV was legal, but it had to be placed so that the driver couldn't
>>>> watch), but I've noticed a few drivers have installed TV's where they
>>>> can see them anyway.
>>>
>>> A lot of good things happening in California ever since Conan is the
>>> boss. I'm sure it's not because of his party affiliation, but because
>>> his place of birth.
>
> It's probably because it doesn't take a genius to see that much of
> California was/is an environmental disaster. It's not as bad as it was,
> but that many cars just isn't environmentally friendly. (Interestingly,
> California is on the lower end of the scale when it comes to greenhouse
> gases per person.)
>
> Besides that, most of the population lives on the coast and will be
> feeling the effects of global warming this century - including some
> very, very, very wealthy voters (with political connections and checks
> to sign) who no doubt want to keep their gorgeous views.
>
> Anyway, it'd be more impressive if Ah-nold were doing this type of stuff
> in Texas or Arizona, where there's limited political will for it.
>
>> Austria has produced a lot of egregious loons, notably Hitler and a
>> dispro****tionate number of his myrmidons. I do agree that Arnie is a
>> pretty good governor and a truly strange Republican though.
>
> I have to question the integrity of anybody who acknowledges problems
> like gun violence, human-caused environmental crises, and lack of fiscal
> restraint, yet remains a Republican. Must be the Kool-Aid.
I wonder how he'd do in an acid test.
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