I support the practically unenforceable ban absolutely! Bravo! I'll call it proactively unenforceable. How are you going to catch someone before anything bad happens? On the other hand, I'll bet it will be very effective in reactive enforcement:
If you find yourself in an incident (collision, most likely) of any measurable consequence and you're still alive, you'll be asked to surrender your phone and when you wisely decline, LE will waste little time in getting a subpoena for it and your phone records. They did it before the ban. Now, they'll have a new crime to add to your list and a little something extra for plaintiffs lawyers to use against you.
As for the "feel good" aspect of this, GMan is correct. It's going to make your employer, where applicable, feel very good when it's lawyer can stand up in court and declare "Not only was this lout in violation of our clearly stated company policy, he/she was also breaking the law! Surely you'll consider this as you apportion the blame!"
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Originally Posted by Mr. Ford95
As Jack said, fine whatever but how about going after the 4 wheelers while your at it Dept. of Transportation. Don't allow it to be a secondary offense either.
The DOT's authority extends only to the "Federal" CDL. It's up to the states to police their own dls.