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one-eyed fat man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-18-10 09:45 AM
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87. The Law of Unintended Consequences strikes again!
Next, smart people will want to ban using phones in cars

Texting-While-Driving Bans Actually Increase Crashes

The bans aren't having the intended effect because drivers - opting to text in spite of the bans - are holding their phones below the dashboard so police can't see them, taking their eyes and attention even further from the road.

The nanny staters strike again! Your 'smart' people are getting exactly the opposite effect. Even better, the first thing the ambulance chasers and insurance companies are doing is subpoenaing the phone records of the drivers in a crash.

The plaintiff's attorney will have you by the short hairs if you were texting when you rear ended the school bus, and that's a fact!

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