[HCRA] Does this effect us? - original article text

[Jon Pevner]

My $.02:

    It seems that such state laws would encroach on the federal powers of
the FCC to regulate such matters. It might wind up
like PRB-1 where states,municipalities have to make reasonable acommodation.
It's probably better to be safe than sorry,
and lobby for explicit exemptions anyway.

de N1LIS (not a lawyer)
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To: "HCRA Reflector" <HCRA@mailman.qth.net>
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Subject: [HCRA] Does this effect us? - original article text


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> Teen drivers may lose phones
> Proposed bill seeks to prohibit conversations on the roadways
> By Mac Daniel, Globe Staff, Globe Correspondent, 6/17/2003
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> Cars and cellphones are intrinsic parts of 16-year-old Kim Farrell's life.
> She has her learner's permit, takes driving lessons, and is never without
> her cellphone -- she once racked up a $575 bill.
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> ''I talk more with my friends,'' she said. ''Everybody does.''
> Once she gets her license, Farrell plans to get around on her own, going
to
> school and just getting away from home. Then she'll use her cellphone to
> keep in touch with worried parents, coordinate rides with students who
have
> cars, and, of course, talk to friends. She can't wait to hit the road.
> So when Farrell was told yesterday that a proposed state law would make
> Massachusetts the third state in the nation to ban cellphone use for
drivers
> under 18, she balked. Farrell said she would abide by the law, but to her
> and other teenagers interviewed yesterday, it was another adult intrusion.
> ''Like, it should be a suggestion that you shouldn't drive and talk at the
> same time,'' she said, ''but I don't think they should have . . . a law.''
> Under the law, those under 18 driving while talking on a cellphone would
be
> fined $100 and their licenses would be suspended for a year.
> Adults would have to use hands-free accessories while talking and driving
or
> face a $250 fine for the first infraction and $500 for the second.
> Still, with half of all cellphone users nationally predicted to be teens
by
> next year, the news was devastating to the under-18 set.
> None of the 10 teenagers interviewed yesterday was without a cellphone
> except for Dan Legere, 15, of Sudbury, who was trying to convince his
> father, Kevin, that it's necessary.
> ''We have a situation here,'' Dan said, knodding toward his father.
> ''You're obviously not paying 100 percent to your driving if you're on the
> phone,'' Kevin Legere said. ''But you could also say that someone else in
> the car is a distraction, or the radio's a distraction.''
> Legere added that he wants to get his son a cellphone as soon as he's
> driving.
> Dan Legere said teenagers should have cellphones to stay in contact with
> friends, ''and that way, they don't have to call your home and talk to
your
> parents.''
> A news conference on Beacon Hill yesterday about the proposed bill came a
> week after the National Transportation Safety Board asked all states to
> prohibit inexperienced drivers from using cellphones. The Governor's
Highway
> Safety Association, a nonprofit organization of public safety officials,
> later backed the request.
> New Jersey and Maine have passed similar laws. New York has passed a law
> banning all cellphone use behind the wheel. Still, the NTSB recommendation
> cited no studies that looked specifically at teens, driving, and cellphone
> use.
> The proposed bill, which was supported unanimously yesterday by the
> Legislature's Joint Public Safety Committee, would make Massachusetts the
> second state in the country, after New York, to ban hand-held cellphones
in
> cars. Bill Anderson, who has run Anderson's Driving School in Framingham
> since 1984 and has been a driving instructor since 1971, said cellphone
use
> has grown steadily.
> ''One year a couple kids had them, then the next year more kids had them,
> and even more after that,'' he said.
> As for Anderson, his cellphone is always with him but he doesn't talk when
> he's behind the wheel. ''I pull over,'' he said, pointing to the Anderson
> Driving School sign on his roof. ''Especially with that.''
> Globe correspondent Brendan McCarthy contributed to this report.
> This story ran on page B1 of the Boston Globe on 6/17/2003.
> � Copyright 2003 Globe Newspaper Company.
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