In an attempt to enforce the cell phone law in Canada, the Ontario administration has decided to ban drivers from using hand-held cellphones, from today.
It can be remembered that it was the same Ontario to make the use of seat-belts mandatory fro the first time in Canada in 1976. And toady after 33 years later, police are still conducting seat-belt blitzes and issuing tickets to those that fail to comply.
Based on the public response to the seat-belt law, driver compliance with the cellphone restriction may be equally long and perhaps even more challenging from a law enforcement perspective.
While cellphones may be the most obvious of the distractions, it is just one of the many non-driving functions that most people do while behind the wheel.
Directing a law specifically at hand-held cellphones will do little except satisfy some of the critics.
There are no credible statistics, from those jurisdictions that already have a cellphone ban in place, that a new law will reduce accidents.
Source: Ottawacitizen.com
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December 2nd, 2008 at 10:12 am
It is incorrect to say it is the first time in Canada because three other provinces already have such law in place. They are Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Quebec.