New GA law - hands free
There's a lot of confusion regarding the law that will take effect 01 July 2018. This is the long version https://www.gahighwaysafety.org/high...ands-free-law/ and the short version Pandora, Spotify...
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fj12ryder wrote:
A normal person should always be concerned with government intrusion into their personal lives. Too much like the frog in hot water.
It’s a ‘law’ like the “no overnight parking” signs in highway rest area and Wally World lots.
It’s the ‘but we applied it to everyone’ card to get them past the rabid civil liberties crowd and give society a tool to use on the freeloaders and ‘screech like an eagle’ crowd. It’s rarely if ever used against the moderates and responsible ones.
The real target is the fools texting and surfing the web looking for the nearest 24 hour pancake house while *trying* to drive crowd they’re targeting.
Case in point, speed limits haven’t really changed since we had cars with 4 wheel drum brakes without ABS and sloppy steering. My ride was designed to run the Autobahn at 120+ mph, but I have to drive at a speed according to the lowest common denominator.
