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opinion
New York institutes
ban on hand-held cell phones
New York should be
applauded for banning what has become a problem on the level
of drunk drivers and blue hairs. Several states have put, or
tried to put, restrictions on hand-held cell phones, including
California. With the New York decision a reality, a domino affect
will begin, allowing the United States to ban these accidents
waiting to happen.
For those of you
"hand-helders" who see the ban as an infringement
on your personal freedoms, I offer this solution: buy a hands-free
device. They're easy to use, don't cost much (less than you
pay for a month of cell charges, I'm sure), and will keep
you from straying into my lane or making turns from the middle
lane because the intersection "just snuck up on you."
No message is so
important that it can't wait, or be conveyed in a safer way.
So if you chose to persist, and California puts a ban in place
-- believe me, they will -- the fuzz will have a set of handcuffs
sized just for you. And when they drag you in, they'll put
you in a special cell, one that houses either "Killer"
or "Jane Pain." Then, when you're lying on the cold,
hard floor in a fetal position, you'll lament making that
phone call to Biff, just to tell him how wasted you got last
night.
Driving and talking
on the phone is OK as long as it's done the right way -- with
two hands on the wheel! If you don't think so, the police
have a cell -- not phone, but jail -- with your name on it.
Or you can follow the saying popping up on more and more bumper
stickers: Hang up and drive!
Mike Haubrick
is a print journalism major at Cal State Long Beach.
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