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Fianlly.....hard to beleive we can't go 20 minutes without talking to someone....How lame are we.....talk abut insecure.....can't wait till real fines are given out....we could balance the budget by catching all those texting and calling fools.....
I have no problem with the cell phone ban but I have a problem if people who visit from outside the area aren't made aware of it. There need to be signs on major entrances to the city announcing the prohibition of talking & driving. So far I haven't seen any and I pity the person from out-of-state who gets a $75 ticket for a law nobody warned them about.
Finally. I do have a questions though. Is it the city's stance that emergency personnel are trained to use a phone while driving? Because no a days I do not pass a cop who is not on the phone. Did the city realize that there was no way to hand out tickets without handing them out to their own?
Ignorance of the law is no excuse. Lots of places have lots of laws. If you want to get angry about something traffic related, how about all those areas in PA were there are only "End Speed Limit" signs. Now that's a revenue trap. In any event, it's stupid to talk and drive at the same time and you shouldn't be doing it legal or no.
Studies show that it is just as distracting with a hands free device than with a hand-held phone. The law is bad. Either ban all talking on the phone while or don't ban it at all. This current law doesn't make it any safer.
the city needs to be sued for oppressive government actions. the state already has laws in place in reguards to this issue, now the city has created its own illegal law. and why is it ok for government people to use cell phones while driving?
If you're from out of state, you throw the ticket away. Phf--k Philadelphia!
About Fing time, even my 5 yr old will see someone driving reckless and see them on their phone and yell, get off the phone. What does that tell ya.
This is one law that is LONG overdue! If the Philadelphia Parking Authority really wanted to be useful, it would be out giving tickets to those vehicles where the driver is using a cell phone. That would free up cops to do more important things...like nailing coke and meth dealers.
Every evening, Philly's dumbest block traffic at 32nd and Market Streets in order to check drivers for seat belt and cell phone infractions. These idiot cops (yes, it is a redundancy) are a menace to traffic.
There'll be plenty of signs. Right next to the cell-phone lot signs at the airport.
Excellent! Just need to enforce it. I'm amazed at the number of idiots who take their lives and mine into their hands every day while texting on the highway.
Ben Dover ha ha!! Great name!!
They're stacking murdered bodies up like cordwood on a nightly basis in Philadelphia and THIS should be what citizens outta be concerned about ? It's sad to watch a once-great city die.
I love this ban. This lady almost hit me the other day coming out of the KOP mall parking lot because she was too busy on her phone talking away.
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