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July 11, 2005
No respect
The biggest story in Chicago this week has been a ban on cell phones while driving. But it's very hard to enforce, mostly because it is only in the city. There's also an issue as to whether it can be enforced on the expressways, which are monitored by the highway patrol as opposed to the city police. (Yes, the highway patrol CAN write tickets for it, but only if they know about the law.)
The law says that you can be on the phone while in the car, so long as you are on the side of the road with the car in park. So, today, I was driving along the road about to get on the expressway, when I see a Lexus SUV slam on the brakes and veer off the road. It nearly caused an accident! She was pulling over to make a phone call.
Posted by oz115 at July 11, 2005 04:01 PM