No Hand-Held Devices In Ontario Cars

NIK282000 writes "To cut down on accidents caused by drivers who aren't paying attention, in Ontario it is now a ticketable offense to text, email, or navigate with your GPS while driving. But it seems to me that they have thrown the baby out with the bathwater, because it is now also a $500 fine to change your radio station, change songs on your MP3 player, or even drink your morning coffee. It can also be enforced to the point where changing the climate controls on your dash can get you fined because it requires you to take your hands off the wheel. Though this was a good idea, it seems to have been taken a little too far."

Comments

Re:Really?

[syousef]

Here's how I reason. Regardless if I can or cannot drive perfectly well while drinking coffee with one hand, for all I know this could be completely fatal in your case. And if keeping the right to drink my morning coffee while driving potentially means losing my legs or even my life simply because you also had those rights, then it's a very, very, very small price to pay.

The way I see it it's a slippery slope. If you aren't capable of driving with the minor distraction of holding a drink in your hand, you're probably not safe to drive. We could stop all accidents right now if we banned motorised transportation. Then your precious legs would be safe, but it's not such a small price to pay.

People need to get the fuck over the fact that life isn't going to be accident free. The only way to never have accidents is to never do anything.