Just a reminder to you guys, using cell phones while driving will be illegal on October 26th.

http://www.mobilemag.com/2009/09/30/...in-october-26/

 

Good to know, though I don't live in Ontario...yet.

 

OK..... with all this mobile devices crackdown;
When are then going to crack down on drivers wearing hoodies????
I see more of them all the time.

Today, while driving back to the office on the DVP (3 lanes),
I narrowly escaped being side-swiped by some dickweed wearing a hoodie.
The only thing that prevented an accident was that I knew the lane beside me was clear. (I had just scanned the mirrors)

 

So long as there's no crackdown on meat on a stick, I'm good.

 

Good job avoiding the gangsta.

Hoodies don't seem to be a big issue here at least yet. How about all the other terribly distracting habits of some drivers.

 

Alberta is supposedly nearing completion of a 'distracted driving' law that I hope will cover all the varieties of dickweedery that abound on our roads. Our MLA is an ex-cop and the one driving this law so hopefully it's both comprehensive and enforceable.

Because there are too many for me to have to kill them all myself.

LMAO at meat-on-a-stick. I've seen worse.

 

Nice, g/l getting that passed.

It would make for interesting reading on the convictions.

 

lol phones have been banned while driving for years already over here. what's the fine gonna be like over in the US? cuz over here it's like $500

edit: i should read first. apparently yours can get as high as $500 too...lame.

 

"Over here" = ??

How would you rate the level of enforcement and the effect of the ban?

 

Lol I wear a hoodie when I drive but I'm always alert and ALWAYS check blind spots. Never judge a book by it's cover

 

…but wouldn't it be nice if you could see some other foolish driver who is about to side-swipe your, 'hoodie-made', blind spot? I'm not saying you have it pulled so far ahead that you can't see sideways but many do and that's a problem.
It is great that you are checking your surroundings but if you are cutting off your peripheral vision is not a very good idea.
As far as cell phones go, i still see 20 people a day on them while I drive to work although they seem to be trying to conceal the fact that they are breaking the law.

 

Funny thing is half the cops I see driving they are in their cell phones

 

They are likely exempt in performance of their duties, same with fire and ambulance.

 

Im sure this is valid in the state of VA also.