Spider might lose his cell phone privileges

[Pony Boy]

U.S. proposes cellphone ban for truck drivers

Call your Senators and Representatives, don't let them take Spider's cell phone privileges away.....So what's next will they take his CB away too? How will Spider take it when a car load of 16 year old girls (all on their cell phones) pass him on the highway. This could get real ugly folks....


WASHINGTON - The U.S. government on Friday proposed prohibiting commercial truck and bus drivers from using cellphones while behind the wheel.

The Transportation Department rule would affect approximately 4 million drivers, who are already banned by the government from texting while working.

The proposal is the latest move in Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood's stepped-up campaign against distracted driving in which he has questioned cellphone use in passenger cars and "hands free" communications technology.

"Every time a commercial truck or bus driver takes his or her eyes off the road to use a cellphone, even for a few seconds, the driver places everyone around them at risk," LaHood said in a statement.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/40724585

[Bronco Yoda]

Texting isn't a problem for Spider.

I do however fear for all other drivers on the road during the hours he's browsing and pounding out messages here on the mane while driving with one knee going 85mph down the Interstate jacked up on Red Bull. :)

[Dudeskey]

"Every time a commercial truck or bus driver takes his or her eyes off the road to use a cellphone, even for a few seconds, the driver places everyone around them at risk"

Same could be said for amateur drivers whenever they do the same thing.

[Pony Boy]

Texting isn't a problem for Spider.

I do however fear for all other drivers on the road during the hours he's browsing and pounding out messages here on the mane while driving with one knee going 85mph down the Interstate jacked up on Red Bull. :)

It's not just texting, it's the use of a cell phone.

[Requiem]

Cell phones on the road are a bad decision for anyone.

[Spider]

;-) thanks , but yes let em take the cell phone ,I cant begin to tell you how many so called truck drivers texting and talking on the phone , meanwhile they are swerving from lane to lane .... it sucks , that some out there are not mature enough to handle owning a cell phone , but if it is a good thing for man kind , give a trucker 1 years time , and he will **** it up for everyone

[Spider]

now hands free set up , is the way to go , Cobra CB makes CB with a built in blue tooth , Key up the mike when the phones rings , and you are on the phone ........

[Spider]

"Every time a commercial truck or bus driver takes his or her eyes off the road to use a cellphone, even for a few seconds, the driver places everyone around them at risk"

Same could be said for amateur drivers whenever they do the same thing. ;-) u know it , it isnt a game out there 1 screw up by us can kill alot of people quick , specially in rush hour , and we dont have to be going fast ...... got to have your A game every time you drive one of the large cars