This post is an OBSERVATION......NOT a put down!!!! I am the first to walk in any demonstration for equality of the sexes - as long as its about EQUALITY!!! I truly believe in women's rights, though I am a little fed up with the fact that now I HAVE to go on the barricades to get even the simplest rights myself (such as equal parenting rights!!).
Actually, why is it that in our society the mother gets automatic "caregiver" of a child/children when parents separate? Don't I as a man have equal rights???
Anyway - I am writing about an observation I made that really bothers me.
In British Columbia, a law was introduced, that starting this May 2010, cell phones are no longer allowed to be used in cars, UNLESS you have a blue tooth or another hand-less setup.
This Law came into being because a study suggested that 95% of accidents are caused by cell phone use while driving.
I believe this law to be LONG overdue. It is seriously dangerous to drive while talking or texting. TOO many times have we read in the paper or heard on the news about this person dying or that person maimed because some idiot was not concentrating on driving!!!
NOW - I am not a hypocrite. I have also been guilty of texting while driving. I have on occasion checked email on my Iphone while driving a little faster than usual (OK - i admit i am a speeder). Yet, I am making a conscious effort NOT to do all these things. I NEVER talk on the phone while driving unless I have my blue tooth in my ear!!!
And here we come to my observation that will get me into hot waters with all female activists. OH WELL. So be it!!
Of all the people I still see NOT using blue tooth (and there is LOTS!), 95% are women!! Can someone tell me why it is so difficult for women to comprehend this LAW that is in effect since May AND is being promoted everywhere?
Women already have a reputation (albeit in many instances unjust) as BAD drivers! Talking on the phone while driving gives that reputation THAT much more credibility!!! I am sorry but it's true!!!! On more occasions than I can recall I have had a lot of bad words to say about a woman that was driving erratically because she was just to dumb to realize what she was doing.
I am 100% certain and aware that there are many men who are guilty of the same dumbness, but my observations found way more women guilty.
Anyway...as I said...just an observation. But one that scares me for my daughter and her kids, my life and that of my friends and family. One stupid person not watching the road can change a family's life in seconds!!!
You think Drunk Drivers are dangerous?? Try a person chatting on the phone!!!!
2 comments:
Hmm, I'll have to think about it-no offense taken by the way.
I only see men on their cell phones while driving. But that could be that we're paying attention to different genders. Didnt the law take effect in January though? Oh and one of my friends had an accident when she tried to pull over to pick up her phone, someone hit her when they tried to pass the truck !!! Otherwise, I agree, the law is really needed. Just my observations
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