NHTSA complaint: UNKNOWN UNKNOWN — EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
I SEE MANY LAWS ABOUT SEAT BELTS (TO PROTECT MYSELF), MOTORCYCLE HELMETS (TO PROTECT MYSELF) WHY DO I NOT SEE ANY LAWS PROHIBITING CELL PHONE USE WHILE DRINING A MOTOR VEHICLE. RESEARCH HAS PROVED THAT EVEN USING A HANDS FREE DEVICE IS EQUIVALENT TO DRIVING WITH A BLOOD ALCHOHOL LEVEL OF .08, WHICH IS LEGALLY DRUNK. THIS WOULD PROTECT EVERY DRIVER ON THE ROAD. I SUPPORTED THIS STAND EVEN BEFORE I WAS INVOLVED IN A HIT AND RUN. I WAS HIT BY AN INDIVIDUAL TALKING ON A CELL PHONE WHILE DRIVING AND WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. IT'S TIME WE GET THIS TECHNOLOGY OUT OF OUR VEHICLES. I CHALLENGE YOU TO FIND ONE PERSON, IN THIS ENTIRE WORLD, WHO CANNOT BE AWAY FROM A PHONE FOR ONE HOUR. THAT PERSON DOES NOT EXIST. WE GOT ALONG JUST FINE BEFORE THESE THINGS EVEN EXISTED, I'M SURE WE CAN DO IT AGAIN. *TR
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation