Nj just passed a law banning handheld cellphone's while driving. They also have put 20 other "can't do while driving" laws into review, such as...smoking, gesturing to others, talking to passengers, driving with 1 hand, excessive movement...and some others.

Now why is there a need for a cellphone ban? The threat's they are proposing are lack of attention and driving carelessly. well when their is a law on the books already called "Careless Driving" why not use it? Is that so unheard of or is this just a ploy by the governor to say hey look what I did? All of these new proposed laws fall under careless driving, so why a seperate law for each one? Also, police have to use scanners, CB's, Laptops, and switches for all the various functions in their car. So why is it that they are not fined for talking on the cb while driving, or inputting data in their laptop while driving? Is their training to teach you how to deal with these "distractions" or are police enhanced being's?

With the passing of this law politicians are gaining courage to try and pass new laws to "relieve" us from ourselves, as we're dangerous to one another. How far will they go?

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