LET’S REGULATE CELL PHONES

          To a certain extent I can support the NRA in its desire to protect and defend the constitution of the United States by fighting any kind of gun controls.  So, what I am about to propose may raise the ire of those ardent free speech amendment addicts who also claim an inalienable right to speak freely whenever and however they please.  This morning, on my way to my morning coffee club, I was closely followed by a young lady who was steering her car with her elbows while she was sending text messages via her cell phone.  She seemed to be punching out messages with her thumbs!

          I had always heard that women cell phone users caused more accidents than men, and I could certainly see why.  Of course, men do have an advantage.  Most of us learned to drive with one hand while we were still in high school.  But texting?  Give me a break!

          While we have driver’s licenses that authorize us to drive a car, it does not give us the right to drive 80 miles an hour through downtown Warrensburg.  Same with cell phones.  While we have the right of free speech, it doesn’t give us the right to use our cell phones while we are driving a car on city streets or highways.

          I propose that the same penalties for speeding, reckless driving, or at least illegal parking, be applied to all those idiots who have to stay in constant touch with both their friends while driving a motor vehicle of any kind.  And if a driver is using a cell phone and there is an accident, the cell phone user is automatically at fault.

          Incidentally, when I got to my morning coffee, there were four women at the table next to us who were texting each other!  While a bit odd, that would be legal since they weren’t driving.

                                                                            

                                                                             Carl B. Foster