Winnipesaukee Forum - View Single Post - NH drivers will have to put down phones as of July 1

ITD · 06-09-2015, 01:53 PM

The Massachusetts law is not as comprehensive and tougher to enforce because an offender can say they were dialing the phone. I see people texting and reading ipads all the time. I see someone crossing lines like a drunk at least once each time I am driving because they are reading or texting.

This law is a good start, but I think the real solution is to have these phones automatically disable themselves when they are moving over 10 mph. All the technology is there, it would just take some code. Unfortunately I think many would object to this until something seriously disastrous happens.

06-09-2015, 01:53 PM	#16
ITD Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonboro, NH Posts: 2,870 Thanks: 464 Thanked 670 Times in 369 Posts	The Massachusetts law is not as comprehensive and tougher to enforce because an offender can say they were dialing the phone. I see people texting and reading ipads all the time. I see someone crossing lines like a drunk at least once each time I am driving because they are reading or texting. This law is a good start, but I think the real solution is to have these phones automatically disable themselves when they are moving over 10 mph. All the technology is there, it would just take some code. Unfortunately I think many would object to this until something seriously disastrous happens.