My company has banned ANY cell phone usage while driving.

Oh nooo!!! I've been preparing to enter the trucking business this year and now there's a rumor that we'll have to be eunuchs to get a professional driving job?! Ah, nuts!!

A eunuch (HS)(pronounced /ˈjuːnək/) is a castrated man; usually one castrated early enough to have major hormonal consequences.

 

My sentiments exactly. Rule or no rule, I suppose I will continue to do whatever I have been doing. If I get busted, so be it. I'll worry about that if and when it happens.
I've done far worse behind the wheel in years past. Things that make talking on the phone seem like childs play.
I figure if I'm ever involved in some tragic crash, the extra violation won't make that much difference anyway.

 

I think all the drivers sitting in prison, after a conviction of killing somebody while distracted, should be allowed to give their opinion.

Oh, yeah, that's right, they don't have internet access.............

The state of florida is taking another driver to court. He slammed into a school bus, and killed a little girl !!!!

Hope he gets a few years !!!!! Yeah, I'm a big prick about this subject !!!!!

 

Punish people for what they do, not what they might do.

If you're involved in an accident and it's your fault, regardless of why, you should be punished harshly for it.

I never touch my phone in heavy traffic. But, talking on a headset is easy and more conducive to driving than talking to a passenger.

And unless you want to outlaw passengers or co-drivers, hands-free headsets can't be the scapegoat.

 

I wish companies would stop using MY cellphone if they aren't going to reinburse me for the airtime. You guys spent $10million on Qualcomm, but then when you want me to run "a little off the books" or want to get me to drive a broken truck rather than call roadside guess what? *ring* *ring*.

 

No law saying you have to answer it when they call. Make them put it on the QC so there is a record of them asking you to do something that is out of line.

If you just won't play their games, then they won't get the chance to screw over you quite so much.

 

Just tell them up front that you are recording the calls. They will stop and it is legal if they know it up front.

 

The feds are doing everything in their power to take our rights away from us. I agree talking on a cell while holding it is a distraction, but using a hands free device is definitely the same as talking to a passenger. And why is it only for the trucking industry? At any given time there is an average of 10 cars on the road for every truck. I know some states have cell phone bans, but they are pushing for a nationwide ban on trucks. They have for texting, which I agree with.

Another thing is that automakers are offering hands free capability in their vehicles. Are you less distracted in a car vs. a truck? What about GPS units that talk to you, or listening to the radio and singing out loud? I guess we'll start getting ticketed for that too. What about a parent with a SUV full of screaming kids, or 4 DVD players playing at the same time?

All of this is one sided, because it's all about revenue. Fines for a commercial vehicle are usually double or more of that than a 4 wheeler. If it were about safety, they would go after the entire traveling public, not just trucks.

 

I've almost been ran off the road a few times by persons using a handsfree device,so the argument that you are safe while using a handsfree device doesn't float with me Breeze. It wouldn't surprise me in the next few years that talking on the phone handsfree or not will be considered a moving violation with a heavy fine.