Why hands-free cell phone laws are dumb

Posted on June 22nd, 2008 at 10:51am  |  6 comments

Politicians must think that if they don’t pass a new law every two days then they aren’t doing their job. The hands-free cell phone law is a great example of this need to pass legislation that is supported by absolutely zero reasonable thought.
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Stupid Traffic/Cellphone Study

Posted on January 3rd, 2008 at 05:17pm  |  Add comment

Cell phone users tie up traffic: study
I hate bad journalism and when journalists write about anything remotely scientific they sound like friggin idiots. Case in point this remarkably dumb article trying to summarize a remarkably dumb study. The attempt to present statistics supporting the conclusion that “Cell phone users tie up traffic” is laughable:
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