Someone on a social network forum
asked about the law and fines if using a cell phone when driving.
I often see such questions and find
answering them of little benefit. Mostly the questioner is more interested in
finding a loophole in the law than in considering potential consequences to
life if / when not following that law.
It's more than the law, it's common
sense. Don't use a cell phone while driving! Not if you value your life and the
lives of others. If you think I'm being difficult, my introduction to the
dangers of cell phones and driving was 20 years ago as an occupational therapist in a
hospital. I was on a ward round and sad to hear the cause of a new high level
spinal cord injured patient was a selfish driver in the vehicle behind the one that he was a passenger in. The driver had decided that talking on a cell phone was more important than
paying attention to the vehicle in front of him, loaded with labourers on their way to work.
A more recent example was just a
week ago of a young woman who lost her life due to texting and taking selfies
while driving. In this case it was only the
driver, (responsible for her own life), who lost her life. We surely know that
the news reports of similar incidents where many others lose their lives or
functional ability, ending up in wheelchairs, bedridden, in lengthy coma's etc.
Isn't it amazing what a perverted
society we have become where instead of being concerned about the risk to life
and quality of life for ourselves and others we are more afraid of breaking the
law and getting a ticket.
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