Re: New AAA study on distracted driving and cell phones

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "paul () robichaux net" <paul () robichaux net>
Date: December 31, 2008 9:28:01 AM EST
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>, ip <ip () v2 listbox com>, "dossy () panoptic com 
" <dossy () panoptic com>
Subject: Re: [IP] Re:   New AAA study on distracted driving and cell  
phones

Dossy Shiobara said:
> Lets all just agree that these laws aren't being created to promote or
> increase safety, but to drive sales of products - hands-free kits,  
> etc.

I don't think that's the big driver here-- something *worse* than  
ordinary
commercial behavior is happening: to wit, people who are ignorant of the
real issues are proposing (or enforcing) solutions that don't actually
address the root cause of the problem. I don't believe that all of the
legislators who have pushed for these kinds of rules are corrupt or  
beholden
to the companies who profit from them; instead, I fear that their lack  
of
subject matter expertise (or competent advice) leads them to enact bad
policies.

For a great example of exactly how this happens on a larger scale,  
drop by
nasawatch.com and read about the current controversy surrounding NASA's
Constellation program team and its interaction with the Obama transition
team.

Cheers,
-Paul





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