Cell phones and texing ban.. now..this?

G'day Everyone!

Heads up. I had a alert from a friend of mine that told me of what's coming down the road. If the local laws are getting more serious, then common sense is already going out the window.

Here's what RSG007 wrote today: http://rsgeo007.blogspot.com/2008/08/textwalking-textdriving-textwhatever.html

and the article he refers to: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/24/AR2008082402275.html

Well, we have Cell phone ban while driving (yet, if I could take a number of pictures of these offenders, I'd send them right to the police for some MONEY!!).
Then we got Texting while driving ban happening.
Now, they're saying a ban on texting while WALKING? EEP!!
Which reminds me of the Tom Neville's Deaf Pager Lawsuits:
http://www.aslexpo.com/video/deaflawyer.wmv

*sigh* I wanted to laugh, but in all seriousness, if you read how the Washington Post article goes, there have been some incidents where people have been known to walk right into traffic while reading their cell phone/ pager texts. Yes, there have been a few times I have literally grabbed a friend of mine right back from the edge of death on the street corners in DC. It wasn't fun having to do that, Especially of taking away his pager and shoving it into my back pocket (which I later sat down on it.. OOPS!! My bad.. sorry bro!).

With new bans related to texting, it's like saying "Hey! Act responsible with that pager!! SIT DOWN WITH THAT PAGER IF YOU ARE GOING TO COMMUNICATE ON THAT". Some argue: If there's a ban on walking with a pager, shouldn't there be a ban on walking with a cell phone in your ear? *sigh*

So much for reaching out and keeping touch with people (as Ma Bell used to say) in this age of technology. What's next? Will laws be passed that CIs become adapted to having Cell Phone technology implanted in everyone else? Perish the very thought of it!! That's so scary to see happen. Though the possibility could happen in the very future!!

As I send this post out, I warn my readers, Please: Don't text while driving. Please don't walk while texting. God forbid should you get into a personal and mortal accident that will change your life.

Till next time...
Semper FI.