XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   nospam  wrote   
   > tlvp  wrote   
      
   >>> nobody bans eating food, ...   
      
   >> false: that's banned in some jurisdictions.   
      
   > where?   
      
   Australia for starters.   
      
   > because everywhere you turn are drive-thrus for food,   
   > so if it's banned, then those need to be shut down.   
      
   Nope, you are free to use a drive thru to   
   get the food, drive home etc before eating it.   
      
   >>> ... , reading newspapers or maps, ...   
      
   >> false: those too are banned in some jurisdictions.   
      
   > nowhere i've seen.   
      
   Then you need to get out more. You'd be done in   
   a heartbeat if some cop saw you driving around with   
   the paper on the steering wheel with you reading it here.   
      
   >>> ... screaming babies, etc., which are just as   
   >>> distracting as cellphones, if not more so.   
      
   >> There's not much that legislation can do to prevent   
   >> babies screaming, alas.> (Would 'twere otherwise :-) .)   
      
   > sure there is: ban all passengers, which would also   
   > include screaming adults too, but it will never happen.   
      
   Sure, but they do ban doing stuff like reading a book while driving.   
      
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