Comments on: more on drinking from the utah senate

By: Dominique

Dominique — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:23:44 +0000

i’m flattered. *blushes*

By: Stacey I

Stacey I — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:20:11 +0000

Looks like you got a hot topic going on here Jess.
I stick to my point before. THe laws just need to crack down on irresponsible drinking. I mean super hard.
Ya know, I think Utah is just trying to hold on to..the UTAH standard of living.. They don’t want to be like all the other states. Nothing wrong with that. You have to respect that right?
They just need to figure out a different way of doing it.
And really people just need to be held more accountable for actions and there mistakes. EVERYWHERE, not just good ol’ UT.

By: The Dave

The Dave — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:35:43 +0000

Great post Jess. The Truant article had me laughing out loud. As for what Tim said.. Driving while Impaired should mean doing anything that would cause you not to have your full attention on the road, that would include drinking, texting, dealing with your 6 unbuckled kids etc.

By: Kyle Johnson

Kyle Johnson — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:08:37 +0000

Here in the DC metro area. Washington DC and Maryland. It is illegal to talk on the phone while driving and also texting while driving. They need to do that everywhere. Use a bluetooth if you are going to talk on the phone. We have bluetooth in our car that we use if we are going to talk on the phone while driving. This way we have both hands on the steering wheel while driving. We rarely use it. It is used mainly if someone calls us or if we are calling the day care to tell them that we are going to be late to pick up the kid.

By: Tim Carter

Tim Carter — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:32:34 +0000

Driving while talking or texting on a cell phone has been shown to have the same level of ‘impairment’ to a .08 drivers ‘operating skills’. Mike do you think we should prosecute those who ‘talk and drive’ or ‘text and drive’ as agressively as we do alcohol impaired drivers? If not, why?