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Transportation secretary promises federal action against distracted driving

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Posted by Fred 2009-10-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Compare wid ROBO-SHIP: THE UNMANNED STEALTH WARSHIP artic.

ROBO-CARS + "BRILLIANT/GENIUS" INTERACTIVE GPS???

IOW, Boyz, those back seat drivers known as MOM + BETTER HALF just went STEPFORD-ROBOTIC wid your car???

Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola 2009-10-01 00:37|| na]">[na] 2009-10-01 00:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Seems like a wild goose chase to me.

Posted by gorb 2009-10-01 02:33|| 2009-10-01 02:33|| Front Page Top

#3 With some very limited exceptions, this is not a federal responsibility. Therefore, he can go to hell.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-10-01 07:19|| 2009-10-01 07:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood warned more than 200 attendees about the dangers of distracted driving and pledged to take action at the federal level to combat this "menace to society."

Bureaucratic Translation: We have to protect our phoney baloney jobs here, gentlemen! We must do something about this immediately! Immediately! Immediately! Harrumph! Harrumph! Harrumph!

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-10-01 08:29|| 2009-10-01 08:29|| Front Page Top

#5 The statistic LaHood cites is bogus.

Law enforcement officials have been getting training in noticing 'distracted driving' and with this training, the after crash reports have begun to include this factor more often. The 'post training' increase in reports of distracted driving is a classic of the genre (and a classic non comprehension of causality by a high level official and a classic ignorance on display by the media).

Posted by lord garth 2009-10-01 09:17|| 2009-10-01 09:17|| Front Page Top

#6 Wish he'd turn his attention to combating distracted bail-out syndrome in the auto manufacturing industry.

Posted by Mike 2009-10-01 10:00|| 2009-10-01 10:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Stop this foolishness (and a lot more) by taking out ALL the govt. mandated safety crap and put an eight inch spike in the middle of the steering wheels! "personal responsibility", indeed.

Posted by notascrename">notascrename 2009-10-01 10:13|| 2009-10-01 10:13|| Front Page Top

#8 They're really talking about listening to Rush Limbaugh while driving.

Posted by DoDo 2009-10-01 11:29|| 2009-10-01 11:29|| Front Page Top

#9 Just what we need! More government nanny-state oversight and intrusion into our personal lives! Screw states rights! Freakin' awesome!

/sarcasm

Posted by DarthVader 2009-10-01 12:37|| 2009-10-01 12:37|| Front Page Top

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