I thought the no phone while driving law was already in effect (I'm pretty sure it is)
Maybe it is a law; but perhaps the are not ENFORCING it?
I know it used to be like that in the US - or at least, NY State; but once they started enforcing and stopping drivers who are using their cell, people actually started obeying the law. Unless they have their earpiece, my relatives won't answer the phone while driving... I think it's a stiff penalty and get demerit points or something.
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i was actually watching the news last night. they should also ban the usage of cellphones while driving. you dont have to necessary be drinking and driving to cause an accident. There has been over 120 something vehicle accidents since the begining of 2008. i Recently heard 2 of those were by senior drivers. some of then shouldn't drive under bad medical/health conditions in my opinion.
Guilty! and it's even worse since I drive standard! Before the ban in NYC, I had a cous who would have a cell phone on one hand, breakfast/coffee in the other and controling the wheel with his knees at some points! THAT was crazy!
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Not everything I post or say on foro are necesarily true facts. <- THAT is a fact! :blankstare:
i was actually watching the news last night. they should also ban the usage of cellphones while driving. you dont have to necessary be drinking and driving to cause an accident. There has been over 120 something vehicle accidents since the begining of 2008. i Recently heard 2 of those were by senior drivers. some of then shouldn't drive under bad medical/health conditions in my opinion.
where u sick? is that the reason u where watching the news
i was actually watching the news last night. they should also ban the usage of cellphones while driving. you dont have to necessary be drinking and driving to cause an accident. There has been over 120 something vehicle accidents since the begining of 2008. i Recently heard 2 of those were by senior drivers. some of then shouldn't drive under bad medical/health conditions in my opinion.
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Harsher laws that would slap drivers who aren't legally drunk with three-day suspensions will take effect this fall, Transportation Minister Jim Bradley said.
Under the new rules, anybody caught driving with a blood alcohol level in the so-called warn range -- between 50 mg of alcohol for 100 mL of blood and the legal limit of 80 mg of alcohol for 100 mL of blood -- will see their licence suspended for a minimum of three days.
"We want to get those people," Bradley said yesterday. "They're eight times as likely to be involved in an accident as a person who is not (drinking)."
Bradley made his comments at Toronto Police Headquarters, where the Ontario Community Council on Impaired Driving was marking 20 years of its Arrive Alive Drive Sober campaign.
He said that the 152 alcohol-related road deaths in Ontario in 2005 is the lowest total recorded in Ontario. It was also the lowest number of alcohol-related road deaths in North America that year. "We're going to strive to make it even better," Bradley said.
The new warn-range punishments are part of the Safer Roads For A Safer Ontario Act that became law last June. However, that part of the legislation hasn't yet been enforced because the ministry needed time to prepare its driver databases for the upcoming change, transportation ministry spokesman Bob Nichols said.
Currently, the law provides 12-hour suspensions for motorists caught with a blood alcohol level in the warn range. Under the new law, first-time offenders will receive a three-day suspension. Second-time offenders will face a seven-day suspension and be required to attend a provincial alcohol education and treatment program, while third-time offenders would get a 30-day suspension and be required to have their car fitted with an ignition interlock system for six months.
Supt. Earl Witty, of the Toronto Police Traffic Unit, said of the 17 fatal collisions in Toronto this year, four were alcohol-related. There have been 124 alcohol-related crashes this year, down 32% over the same time last year.
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(I'm pretty sure it is)
