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br> Re: Eric Peters's Cell Phones and Driving Don't Mix : /p>

Eric Peters asks "how come cell phone yakkers get a free pass?"

The reason is probably the same for mommies cranking their heads to attend to crying or misbehaving children.

Exactly what are the stats regarding distractions? Peters compares alcohol and cell conversations, but clearly they hardly constitute the entire list. They may not even be at the top of the accident and fatalities list, just on top of the politically incorrect list. Who knows? Who will tell?

There was significant evidence that blood alcohol between 0.08 and 0.10 had nothing to do with impairment, but the latter day prohibitionists won that battle. She who sound bites best, bites last.

p>But aren't we missing the point? Impairment, be it by alcohol, or by cell conversation, or by screaming children, or by make-up in the rear view mirror, is not the crime. It's the personal and property damage caused for whatever at fault reason that is the crime. Are there any conservatives left standing who will argue to not legislate every last detail to protect us from ourselves, and instead hold us accountable for damage when it does br> occur? br> -- Frank Natoli br> Newton, New Jersey /p>

I don't want government interference in yet another facet of my life, but Lord, what can I say? They're a damned menace!

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