Doddering Dick continues his slow shuffle into irrelevancy
I’m sure you guys witnessed the youthful vigor with which Dick Codey unleashed his legislative expertise in the budget battle that wasn’t. No? That’s because he was working on something really important:
State Sen. Richard Codey (D-Essex) introduced a bill earlier this month that would suspend the licenses of three-time offenders of the state’s ban on driving while talking or texting on a handheld device.
Oh, thank God! We can now be safe again! Thank God Dick Codey is there to save us from…what?
Since 2002, 10,878 crashes have involved handheld cell phone use, 31 of them fatal, according to statistics from the state Department of Transportation and the Division of Highway Traffic Safety.
Okay…it kills fewer than four people per year. But if we take away licenses for using handheld devices, then what are we going to do with people who have wrecks because their kid distracted them?
Here’s the truth – there is absolutely no need for this law. Everything bad that can happen from using a handheld device of any kind while driving is already illegal. Including running your car into other people or their property.
How about we just focus on enforcing existing driving rules?
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