Re: Cell phone driving = drunk driving

Pat wrote:

> 
> Gee, I wish. I remembe when it wasn't legal to have an answering
> machine or fax on a land line.  Those things, too, were illegal.
> Stupid, stupid laws.

Gee, Pat, then you would remember other "stupid, stupid laws" 
trans****tation that I remember.

Such as, the requirement that all lead in gas be removed. Remember that 
one, Pat?  Some people declared it a "stupid, stupid law" and put in 
"test pipes" to replace the catalytic convertor in their cars.

Then there was the "stupid, stupid law" that required -- required, mind 
you -- seatbelts be put in all cars manufactured in the US after 1967. 
Remember that Pat? I do. People weren't being to required to wear them, 
just that they were there and that was a "stupid, stupid law" or so said 
many people.

Do you drive around without wearing your seatbelt, Pat? Then good for 
you. One-third of the drivers are with you and don't. Personally, I 
don't care if you ever wear a seatbelt -- people reading of your demise 
will say things like "gee, if he had only been wearing his seatbelt . . 
.." even though your spleen was busted by the collision and wearing a 
seatbelt wouldn't have meant beans.

Here is one for you, another "stupid, stupid law." The open container 
law. back when I was a kid, it was common for people to buy a six-pack 
and not wait until they got home to start in on it. They weren't drunk 
after the one or two they had on the way home, but that didn't matter 
under the open container law.

I always thought that OSHA was a waste of time. Another "stupid, stupid 
law." After all, if someone worked in a dangerous job, they could quit 
it. And the EPA was another "stupid, stupid law." If your next door 
neighbor polluted your well, who were you to complain?

These are just a few of  the "stupid, stupid laws" others before you 
have found fault with. I'm sure I can think of others, but I am getting 
old and just can't remember everything the way I am sure you can.