If you’ve got some speeding, drag racing, or other type of anti-social behavior you’ve wanted to engage in on New York City’s roads, tomorrow might be a good day to do it.
Why? Because the NYPD is going to is going to spend most of its energy ticketing drivers who use cell phones.
Gothamist reports the last [...]
Posts Tagged ‘texting while driving’
Cell phone crackdown starts tomorrow in NYC [Revenue enhancement]
Drivers understand that cell phones just aren’t that dangerous
Measuring the relative danger that different distractions pose to motorists is really hard. Why? Because the dangers posed by different distractions vary tremendously depending on the driver and the intensity of the distraction.
Take kids for example. Is a child sitting peacefully in the backseat likely to pose a big distraction? Probably not. But one that [...]
The graph the New York Times doesn’t want you to see
This post has been getting a huge amount of search-engine traffic recently. Thank you for the visits! If you’re looking for more data on the dangers (or lack thereof) of cell phones in cars, check out this post as well.
Regular readers of this blog will know that the New York Times is waging a sensationalistic campaign to [...]
Link roundup—“Free Refills at Starbucks*” edition
Last week New York Governor Paterson signed a bill banning texting while driving. If a cop catches you typing out a message on your keypad or doing other “dangerous” activities like using an iPod, it will cost you $150. I guess we can call this victory for the latest round of New York Times fear-mongering. [...]
Senators aim for national texting ban
The privacy of the American motorist to do as he pleases in his own car is under attack again. This time the threat comes from straight from the United States Senate.
The New York Times reports that a group of senators have introduced a bill that would require states to ban texting while driving or face [...]
