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Post by sarahisis on May 27, 2014 10:56:36 GMT -6
What is your take on some of MN laws that have been controversial.... smoking restrictions (or not enough of them,) driving age, no helmets for motorcyclists and being able to use your phone while driving? (or others that you can think of)
Do you think things should be stricter or more lenient?
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Post by bunsy on May 27, 2014 11:38:31 GMT -6
Smoking restrictions - thumbs up!
Driving age - I support a driving age of 16 but would also like to see MORE professional training for young people. Unfortunately, it is prohibitively expensive.
Helmets - personal choice. I don't think it should be legislated
Phone while driving - Sadly, I sometimes talk on the phone while driving. I agree it isn't the best idea. IF it was banned, I would support it and survive.
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Post by apryllraye87 on May 27, 2014 13:58:03 GMT -6
I agree with everything Bunsy said  |
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Post by dara1012 on May 27, 2014 14:27:23 GMT -6
I agree with Bunsy -- except on the helmets. I feel if it isn't personal choice to wear seatbelts then helmets should also be legislated. I don't understand why we allow personal choice in one area but not the other, when they both serve the same purpose and both are adults.
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Post by bunsy on May 27, 2014 14:52:24 GMT -6
I think seatbelts should be a personal choice as well. I would always choose seatbelts AND a helmet; it makes me nuts when DH doesn't wear his seatbelt.
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Post by dara1012 on May 27, 2014 15:07:01 GMT -6
That's what I was getting at Bunsy ---- I don't understand why people don't wear a seatbelt or helmet, but I don't know that it should be legislated for adults (children is another issue). I just don't get why legislators have decided that seatbelts are required when helmets aren't when I feel like they are in the same category.
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Post by sarahisis on May 27, 2014 20:54:59 GMT -6
I dont get why people would choose death over life by not wearing a helmet or seatbelt..... just because of comfort.
I think the driving age, at fifteen is way too young, even 16 is iffy for me. I don't believe that the part of the brain that controls decision making is ready for this privilege. And I wonder why each state is different...
As for smoking, I think that smoking anywhere on public property or someone else's personal property should be illegal. My children's health should be put a risk because someone else has a dirty habit that they feel they should share with everyone in the vicinity. Smoking with children in the car should also be illegal, everywhere. Keep it at your own home and roll up your car Windows.... with being allergic, I'm pretty passionate about about this :/
Phones while driving... big thumbs down. Even hands free are distracting. How can someone focus on the road when they are focused on their phone conversation. I've done it maybe four times ever. I will not use it unless it's an emergency
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Post by onlyoneboy on May 28, 2014 5:49:48 GMT -6
On the phone issue...I just want to toss this out there...if you are using a hands free device what is the difference between talking to someone that is physically in your vehicle verses talking to someone using a hands free device?
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Post by dara1012 on May 28, 2014 8:28:24 GMT -6
Gwen - I think the difference is that if you are talking to another adult in the passenger seat most of the time they are also watching the road and keeping alert for things. I know if DH and I are driving a long way we just automatically stop talking when traffic gets heavy or weather makes it difficult, he alerts me to deer, brake lights up ahead, etc. When you are on the phone the other person has no idea if you are driving sometimes and certainly doesn't know to stop talking if suddenly something flies out of the truck bed in front of you or there is an accident.
I do talk on the phone when driving and have been trying to stop....when I drive for work it is a lot of "dead time" if I don't take care of phone calls, but I would agree that I am not as focused as I should be when I am on the phone because I am focusing on 2 things instead of one. I wouldn't mind if they said no talking on cell phones while driving. But it would mean I am unreachable by work for over an hour at a time some days while I drive between sites.
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Post by sarahisis on May 28, 2014 9:01:38 GMT -6
there's a huge difference... with a hands free you still have to "take the call" so you'll most likely have to touch the phone in some way... and if you don't have your headset on, you'll have to put that on while you are driving. When I lived in NY, they have a hands free law... I found it even harder because I didn't want to have to drive with that stupid thing in my ear all the time. Focus again is lost on what people should be focusing on... not getting into an accident.
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Post by onlyoneboy on May 28, 2014 9:41:43 GMT -6
My phone rings right to my car and to answer it I just push a button on the steering wheel. It automatically disconnects when the other person hangs up. To me it is more distracting having someone in the car gabbing away at me than the occasional phone call I take when driving. Granted the phone call is usually DS1 saying he's home from school then I remind him to take his meds and have a snack and the call is done. Compare that to the carpooler that sometimes rides with me who never shuts up and freaks out if a another car gets to close to my car. In my case I'd rather take the quick phone call. DH on the other hand can not talk and drive at the same time. He however can not do two things at the same time no matter what those two things are.
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