East Carolinian

New bill signed to restore common sense

Abstract:
On Friday, June 19th, North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue signed a bill into law which bans drivers from text messaging and emailing on their cell phones while behind the wheel of a vehicle. Perdue, who is best known for her fight to advance education and improve healthcare, hopes that this new law will further help to reduce the amount of unsafe driving practices taking place on North Carolina roads....

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Phillip

posted 7/01/09 @ 8:23 AM EST

I know I won't be stopping. They can write me the $100 ticket if they can determine I was texting. :-)

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ugh

posted 7/01/09 @ 11:36 AM EST

Here we go again. No cop will be able to determine that you are texting- you can just simply say that you are dialing numbers. If they are going to ban texting, they might as well just ban the entire use of cell phones in general. Bev Perdue is a moron

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Steve

posted 7/01/09 @ 3:08 PM EST

Though it's true that they would be hard-pressed to prove you were texting, that is something they would have to prove in court. The ticket will still be issued on the spot, in most cases. And it's no secret that a judge will side with a police officer before he does some kid he pulled over.

Not to mention, is it really worth the trouble of fighting a $100 ticket in court?

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Logical

posted 7/02/09 @ 9:04 AM EST

Originally posted by
Steve
Though it's true that they would be hard-pressed to prove you were texting, that is something they would have to prove in court. The ticket will still be issued on the spot, in most cases. And it's no secret that a judge will side with a police officer before he does some kid he pulled over.

Not to mention, is it really worth the trouble of fighting a $100 ticket in court?

Can we say revenue? No one will really want to pay a lawyer $250 to fight a $100 ticket. Judges are obligated to listen to the "facts" and make their decisions, but it will never really get to that point. This law is just a way for local governments to suppliment their revenue.

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