A variety of Private Member’s bills have been proposed across Canada seeking to ban the use of handheld cel phones while driving. Never mind that no one is also seeking specific legislation to ban cigarette smoking or coffee drinking or car pool fighting or other similar distractions. I’m not convinced the police need another law on the books – Dangerous Driving for any reason should be enough.
But in Australia, a judge took their handsfree-only laws seriously when he found a man guilty of violating Rule 300 of the Australian Road Rules:
The driver of a vehicle must not use a hand held mobile phone while the vehicle is moving, or is stationary but not parked
The man was holding his earpiece in place to keep it from falling out.
I am all in favour of people using handsfree on their cel phones. I love Bluetooth equipped cars where the system is built into the audio system.
But for everyone else, we need better-fitting, cushioned earpieces! And while I am on a rant, how about something like the ‘Clapper’ that lets your $150 Bluetooth earpiece tell you where it is hiding? Am I the only one who has lost more than one?