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They Need To Test More...

... before doing this: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091220/ap_on_re_us/us_cell_phone_warnings

What exactly does Maine hope to achieve?

1. Panic?  I doubt it.
2. A reduction in cellular phone usage and sales? I doubt it.
3. Driving the cost of cellular phone manufacturing up? I am sure of it.

How about if the (US) Fed (FCC) simply passes a law requiring all cellular phones to be equipped with GPS, such that if a vehicle is in motion:

1. texting is blocked and cannot be hacked, and
2. phone calls are permitted only when speed is less than 10 miles per hour - unless a 911 call?
3. block web browsing and email while in motion
4. Enforce this beginning in 2011 such that any phone without the above cannot get onto a network.

I am more than willing to bear the additional expense. I am tired of:

1. Braking hard and risking an accident, or - accelerating rapidly to above posted speed limits to accommodate cellular idiots,
2. Missing a green traffic light because of the same idiots.
3. I could go on.

Maine, here is the real danger: http://www.livescience.com/technology/050201_cell_danger.html

Certainly there are some people in your legislature who might be more interested in legislation designed to counter real and proven dangers???

If my suggestions are not feasible then at least consider adding the following to the legistlation:

1. Paint wavy stripes on the highways - wavy such that the stripes are patterned after the normal range of weaving associated will cellular idiocy on the highways. This will at least improve the odds of lane conformity.
2. Station a bull-dozer at each stop sign and traffic light in order to move the cellular idiot along when appropriate.
3. Limit the use of roads and highways. Allow road and highway use by only those who exhibit the cellular idiocy discussed here.
4. Require all vehicle manufacturers to place your warning about brain cancer on the dashboard.
5. Change existing traffic laws such that they are cellular-use friendly. Example: People operating a cell phone may blow through red traffic lights and stop signs. If they happen to maim or wipe out some people, hold the surviving family members accountable.

The above would be more progressive as in California-progressive, correct? Maine, if you are thinking the brains of cellular operators might suffer damage because of cellular usage, get out on the highways more often. Brain damage is bountiful.

Why?

06:36, 2009-Dec-22  ..  Posted by strazzerj     

Why would Maine want to drive the cost of cellular phone manufacturing up?

Why?

09:55, 2009-Dec-22  ..  Posted by Anonymous     

Ask Rep. Boland.