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"VERY ENERGETIC GOVERNMENT'.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)
"I own I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive. It places the governors indeed more at their ease, at the expense of the people." Thomas Jefferson's words are as true today as they were in 1787.
The latest evidence of a "very energetic government" is New York state's decision to ban the use of hand-held cell phones while driving.
The bipartisan legislature -- Democratic Assembly and Republican Senate -- overwhelmingly backed the measure, and the state's Gov. George Pataki, a Republican, signed it this week. Drivers caught using these devil's playthings will be fined $100 for the first offense, $200 for the next and $500 for each instance thereafter.
Whew. No doubt the good folks of the Empire State feel a lot safer driving now.
But we have some questions, based on a study by the University of North Carolina's Highway Safety Research Center. It found that 1.5% of accidents are caused by drivers distracted by cell phones:
If fiddling with car radios causes 11.5% of all accidents, why hasn't New York banned them in cars? (Of course, this rate might be lower in New York, given its high incidence of radio theft).
Passengers in the car led ...
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