New System Detects Calls While Driving

Gary writes "Talking on your cellphone while driving isn't a crime in most states, but it should be. Studies have shown that people who drive and talk are many times more likely to have an accident. A new company is releasing a device to automatically detect drivers talking on their cell phones. Instead of police officers needing to observe a cellphone in use, the system automatically detects a cell phone call and records which car was making the call." The article is fairly light on details, but it would be interesting to see how the system differentiates from a driver talking on a cell phone versus a mere passenger.

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it's just a hidden tax

[apt_user]

Speeding tickets are more about shaving the sheep (taxing the public) than encouraging public safety, imho. If they made another stupid and arbitrary law that allows police to tax people for doing such simple things as talking on the phone, I'll have to start thinking really hard about what country I'm living in. We give up too many of our simple freedoms to people who enjoy to give themselves new powers.

Re:Mythbusters...

[brxndxn]

Driving should be illegal, you fucktard. Duh.

Also, it should be illegal to get exercise because exercise can cause injury. Plus, being fat makes you less likely to hurt yourself if you do fall (we'll ignore the increasingly likelihood of falling because of severe fatness.)

God.. why the hell aren't more things illegal? Speech? Bad speech can piss people off and others can get offended.. Fucking ban it OMG!

Browsing the Internet? There's bad stuff there and directions for making boms (spelled wrong because I'm paranoid).. OMG make it illegal!!!

Everything that can do anything bad should be illegal!!!