Betcha this gets hot-n-heavy, lol.
OK - here goes. Lets use driving a car as an example. I don't think anyone driving a car should be doing anything other then driving the car and maybe listening to music softly enough so as not to interfere with your ability to hear what is occuring outside the car (emergency vehicles for example). Any and all devices requiring you to take you hands off the wheel or avert your vision off the road should be disabled when the car is moving by a device installed in the car. Severe penalties for removing or disabling the device.
As an experiment - stand on a busy corner and watch what the folks in the left turn lane are doing while waiting for the turn signal to change to green (down right scarey).
No reading the newspaper, working crossword puzzles, doing your nails, combing your hair, etc (the list is almost endless).
The ACLU will immediately go into the rabid dog mode but so what. Seat belts are a mandatory safety feature in all States and crash helmets for motorcyclists in at least half and they don't interfere with your operation of the vehicle so a mandatory "keep your hands on the wheel and your eyes on the road" (no-gadgets) rule makes a heck of a lot of sense.
On the lighter side I'd bet if you could listen in to what most folks are saying it would be a waste of breath, lol.
Ben
