From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article <280220141210417572%michelle@michelle.org>, Michelle Steiner   
    wrote:   
      
   > > 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.   
   >   
   > I would rather prevent crime than punish criminals.   
   > I'd rather have no   
   > one killed by a bad driver than punish a bad driver after he kills   
   > someone.   
      
   who wouldn't want that?   
      
   unfortunately, it's not possible.   
      
   > That said, I don't think that a law prohibiting looking at a map on a   
   > mobile device will prevent many, if any, traffic accidents.  Should GPS   
   > built into the car also be prohibited?  Should looking at paper maps be   
   > prohibited?  Paper maps are more dangerous than maps on mobile devices   
   > because of their size and the intricacies of folding and unfolding   
   > them.   
      
   yep.   
      
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