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   nospam to jollyroger@pobox.com   
   Re: Finally, California drivers can read   
   28 Feb 14 13:58:58   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.ipad, comp.mobile.android   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article , Jolly Roger   
    wrote:   
      
   > >> Too many people are too distracted by things in their cars while driving   
   > >> as it is - a problem that seems to get worse year after year. Every   
   > >> single time I drive, I see people talking on their phone, drinking,   
   > >> eating, digging for things on the passenger floor or glove box, putting   
   > >> on makeup *and* eating or drinking at the same time, scolding their   
   > >> brats in the back seat, and all sorts of other things that are decidedly   
   > >> *not* driving   
   > >   
   > > So why not make this simple and get rid of all laws that define   
   > > victimless crimes such as using a hand held GPS while driving, Simply   
   > > put, if a particular driver ends up crashing an injuring or killing   
   > > someone, then charge him based on the results of the crash (property   
   > > damage, injury, death, etc.).  I don't care whether he was drunk,   
   > > reaching for something on the passenger floor, using a hand held GPS,   
   > > fell asleep or whatever else might of happened.  If he ends up killing   
   > > someone in a crash, then charge him with vehicular manslaughter.   
   >   
   > So your solution is to change nothing. Got it.   
      
   missing the point entirely.   
      
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