July of 2008??? Only in LA. So, for the next year-and-a-half these incompetent LA drivers get to continue to endanger, maim, and kill people because they cannot stay off their assinine cell phones - have I got that right? Because when they're on their assinine cell phones, they are killing machines - they have no clew where they're going, how they're driving, what lane they're supposed to be in and not only that, they don't give a crap because it's all about them and their inability to sit anywhere without TALKING to someone.
Then, in July of 2008, nothing will change because the LA driver who gets fined will simply laugh every time and pay the ridiculous 20 or 50 bucks. They don't and won't give a crap about that either - chump change to these spoiled creeps in their SUVs. And they'll pay their kids' fines, too, and laugh while they're doing it. You know what a fine is? $200. That would, at least, make people stop and think about it. And if the fine were $500, maybe it would work. If it were $1000, no one would be on their cells. Of course, to me, allowing hands-free devices is equally as bad - because it's not the holding of the cell phone, it's the not paying attention to the driving because they're having a delightful conversation with someone and are off in some world other than being a careful driver. So, there will continue to be accidents, ruined lives, and death because of the entitled, selfish cretins who MUST BE CONNECTED 24 hours a day.
End of rant.
