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On June 8th, Harvey Smith, a Democratic Assemblyman from Jersey City, introduced a bill specifying that only voice-activated GPS systems could be programmed while driving. Disobedient drivers, according to the bill, would be fined $100 -- the same penalty for using cell phones.
Back in 2006, Assemblyman John Wisniewski, chair of the transportation committee, proposed a general 'all-included' distractions ban, but it lost to the cell phone-only bill. New Jersey already has in place a careless driving law to punish those drivers who, for example, put on eyeliner and eat Lo Mein in the car. Texting while driving is being outlawed in more and more of the United States; could this New Jersey legislation be the death knell for mobile GPS? [From: DailyRecord, via Autoblog]
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Subscribe to commentsbillcantfartJun 23rd 2009 10:05AM
I don't think it's the cell phones or GPS that makes New Jersy-ans drive like crap. I think they just suck at driving.
SammyJun 23rd 2009 10:09AM
wow. really? how ignorant can you be?
just cause one person doesn't drive well, doesn't mean they entire population doesn't. learn something douchebag.
hzayasgbmJun 23rd 2009 10:29AM
We drive like crap because idiots from PA and NY clog our roadways. PA drivers travel sooo slow, NY drivers think they can drive all over 3 lanes of a highway at the same time. Never been in an accident all my life GO NJ!
HeimbachaeJun 23rd 2009 11:46AM
i'm from eastern pa living in maryland now. here's what i've found in driving in all nearby states. NJ drivers drive like assholes, but they aren't a-holes cause that's how they drive all the time, PA drives are a-holes and drive like they own the roads hence they are a-holes, NY drivers are just crazy, and MD drivers are a mix of people not knowing they are driving and wannabe nascar drivers.
SanskritJun 23rd 2009 12:01PM
I concur with Heimbachae. I'm originally from Los Angeles and now live in DC, and the truth is that craptacular drivers are everywhere. Yeah, NJ drivers may be stereotyped as psychos behind the wheel, but that doesn't mean the rest of the country - or world, for that matter - is any less immune.
Noah LieskeJun 23rd 2009 11:50AM
There are good and bad drivers everywhere. Noah Lieske
snowhorseJun 23rd 2009 1:38PM
GPS/CELL PHONES WHATEVER......DUMB PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO USE THEM WHILE DRIVING.........CAUSING DEADLY ACCIDENTS TO INNOCENT PEOPLE.
talk to meyJun 23rd 2009 4:16PM
tramps like us, baby we were born to run!
LonzJul 1st 2009 4:16AM
"...the death knell for mobile GPS...." I don't think so. It's only PROGRAMMING the GPS device whilst driving that will be outlawed. You can still program it whilst stationary and then let it guide you whilst driving. I can't exactly imagine people discarding their GPS devices simply because of this minor inconvenience, and anyone who's tried to program a GPS device will know that trying to do it whilst driving would indeed be highly dangerous, it provides much more of a distraction than sending a txt.
LICKYBOOMBOOM89Jul 13th 2009 12:03AM
WHAT ELSE?? FARTING IN THE CAR SHOULD BE BANNED TOO?/ THANKS!