A new bill floating around the New Jersey legislature would ban the use of GPS devices while driving. You already know why, too: it leads to unsafe driving. The bill was introduced on June 8, and would punish violators with a $100 fine.
Now let’s be clear: if passed, this law would only affect programming a GPS by hand while behind the wheel. Of course, the passenger would be able to program by hand till their fingers fall off. Also, if you happen to have a hands-free, voice-assisted GPS device, then this wouldn’t affect you.
The bill is designed to stop people from pressing the on button, pushing maps, typing in a city name, typing in a street name, then typing in an address. Far too dangerous!
And while it’s quick to say yeah, that’s certainly dangerous, we are left wondering wether or not there will be other, similar bills. Will legislators seek to ban satellite radio? After all, your eyes leave the road as you’re trying to moving from CNN to The Virus.
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I agree fully with this but there shouldn’t *have* to be a law against it for the same reason there shouldn’t have to be a law against jumping off a bridge.
I’ve been a long time user of GPS devices and I have found that using a cell phone with GPS on it that is not affixed to the windshield in front of you can be very dangerous.
The bill is just another money-maker for the state. Just like seatbelts and just like cellphones. NJ is broke and the doofus in charge is only making it worse (he’s out of there soon, any way).
One more choice the state wants to make for you. Funny, the states taxes the sale of GPS units and will now ‘tax’ drivers for using them. Next, it will be the in-dash units, then the radio.
I heard (on the internet so take with a grain of salt) that major insurance companies are big behind these laws, not because of safety, or dangers, but because then they have an excuse NOT to pay in the event of an accident.
The firs thing they do is subpoena your cell phone record, if you were on a call, then they don’t pay. I guess if they see you have a GPS device, then you would have to prove that your were NOT pushing buttons at the time. This isn’t a court of law and you are guilty unless you can prove otherwise.
Brilliant NJ – next they will offer up a bill which will ban driving any car or truck.
Just dumb.
All I can say is when will the insanity end?
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