{"id":894,"date":"2005-01-21T11:34:38","date_gmt":"2005-01-21T16:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/000af36.netsolhost.com\/wordpress1\/2005\/01\/21\/cell_phone_ban\/"},"modified":"2005-01-21T11:34:38","modified_gmt":"2005-01-21T16:34:38","slug":"cell_phone_ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/2005\/01\/21\/cell_phone_ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Cell Phone Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"

A bill that would ban the use of cell phones by teen drivers passed the Senate Transportation Committee yesterday on a 13-0 vote with one abstention (Sen. Yvonne Miller (D-Norfolk)). The bill was incorporated into SB 966 <\/a>, which also makes certain penalties primary ones, meaning a police officer can stop a teen for, say, driving with too many underage occupants, instead of needing a primary cause, such as speeding, before issuing citations.<\/p>\n

But the cell phone ban advocate, Sen. Bill Mims (R-Loudoun) makes some assertions<\/a> I\u2019d like to see proof for.<\/p>\n

Youngsters have not developed the ability to multitask, Sen. Bill Mims, R-Leesburg, said while defending his bill that bans drivers younger than 18 from using a cell phone – even one equipped with a hands-free set or speaker phone – while driving.<\/p>\n

“Their attention is on that phone call even if it’s a hands-free device,” he said, which could distract them for the two or three seconds it takes to avoid an accident. “That amount of time is sufficient for a dangerous accident.”<\/p>\n

Adults, he said, have developed the multitasking ability and can refocus their attention almost immediately from the phone conversation to the dangerous situation.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Qualifying as an adult (with somewhat arrested development), I think adults aren\u2019t much better at multi-tasking, at least with cell phones while driving. I do it and wish I didn\u2019t. I clearly know my attention is diverted. It\u2019s not the act of holding a phone, although with a manual transmission I literally can\u2019t drive, hold the phone and change gears. My reaction times to certain events is definitely hampered by the phones. I don\u2019t suffer from ADD. \u2026 (What was I talking about?) \u2026 And I don\u2019t think I\u2019m alone on this issue. Still, with three teenage drivers in my house, I welcome the bill. (Donations to my automobile insurance relief fund can be sent directly to my insurer.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A bill that would ban the use of cell phones by teen drivers passed the Senate Transportation Committee yesterday on a 13-0 vote with one abstention (Sen. Yvonne Miller (D-Norfolk)). The bill was incorporated into SB 966 , which also makes certain penalties primary ones, meaning a police officer can stop a teen for, say,… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}