01-08-2015, 05:58 AM
personally i find some sort of regulation prohibiting cell phone use while driving to be reasonable; i'd agree the safety factor outweighs any inconvenience. i don't use cell phone while driving, never have. that being said, i can also understand some how Kimo may have been feeling the way he did soon after receiving that ticket. in many cases i think it's not so unusual to naturally feel indignant to a degree after receiving a traffic citation. particularly since it is a fairly recently added regulation and especially given that the fine for first time offense seems to be so high ($297.00!). the fine amount does sound a bit excessive to me.
to those who would simply say "lock them up!" over a traffic citation of the sort, i have to roll my eyes and suggest getting ahold of your sensibilities. yeah, i've heard the "if it saves even one life..." rationale and of course that is the valid goal to a reasonable degree. but not by absolutely any means necessary outside of a repressively authoritarian state. just to illustrate the point of reasonable limitations, would you really actually chop off the hands of shoplifters? ceremonially execute a woman eating bananas or the wrong fish in the presence of men?
to those who would simply say "lock them up!" over a traffic citation of the sort, i have to roll my eyes and suggest getting ahold of your sensibilities. yeah, i've heard the "if it saves even one life..." rationale and of course that is the valid goal to a reasonable degree. but not by absolutely any means necessary outside of a repressively authoritarian state. just to illustrate the point of reasonable limitations, would you really actually chop off the hands of shoplifters? ceremonially execute a woman eating bananas or the wrong fish in the presence of men?