another great cash cow for the government.

Keep this up and we will have those darn Olympics paid off in no time!

I recently read in the U.S. the Insurance Institute study showed the accident rate in states that banned cell phone use, went up. The reason being people are holding the cell down out of sight thus looking down into the car.

sounds interesting seamutt. you should post your source. i believe you lied in a previous post.

Great work by the police! Keep it up! Hope some of the money will be used to fix our pot holes when the city of P.G. gets the cheque!

It still amazes me as to how oblivious people are. You would think it would be common sense to not talk on a cell phone or text while driving. I have seen countless near misses with one driver on a cell phone not paying attention. I think this is awesome and I hope the RCMP continue to find and fine these stupid people.
As for Seamutt's comment, I have heard this before also. I think if people are stupid enough to do this in an effort to not being caught (when it takes 30 seconds to pull over and send a text or god forbid wait until they reach their destination) they deserve to have their licenses suspended. Not mature enough to drive without texting (not talking about just teenagers here) then you are not mature enough to be behind the wheel.

Great, finally a different way to pay for our new cop shop.

Re; hood rich

Excerpt from the report: http://www.iihs.org/research/topics/pdf/HLDI_Bulletin_27_11.pdfThis unexpected consequence of banning texting suggests that texting drivers have responded to the law, perhaps by
attempting to avoid fines by hiding their phones from view. If this causes them to take their eyes off the road more than
before the ban, then the bans may make texting more dangerous rather than eliminating it.

It is a good read.

From the above report:

"public policy that focuses on only one source of distraction (for example, cellphone conversations or texting) may fail simply because it doesn’t recognize that DRIVERS ALWAYS ARE SUBJECT TO DISTRACTION. TAKING AWAY CELLPHONES MAY RESULT ONLY IN DRIVERS DEFAULTING -- EVEN UNINTENTIONALLY -- TO NEW (OR OLD) FORMS OF DISTRACTION.

"The evidence to date indicates that cellphone conversations and texting no doubt increase crash risk during their occurrence however, DESPITE THE INCREASE IN CELLPHONE CONVERSATIONS AND TEXTING, THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN UPWARED TREND IN EITHER FATAL CRASHES OR COLLISION CLAIMS. And most importantly for policy makers, laws banning these practices are not reducing crash risk in the United States."

Hood I am calling you out, what post are you refering to and can you refut it!!!!!!

Just about got nailed 30 minutes ago by some idiot talking on a cell phone at the Chevron on 15th taking a shortcut.
I can believe there are 19,460 fools who wanted to give the government some money, how nice of them.
Good on them, keep nailing them, I doubt our taxes will go down, but get the idiots off the road.
Pure concentration on driving is hard to find these days.

i voted for the liberals because they said they would get photo radar off the roads . if the NDP comes up with a better offer ,they got my vote. hell a cop can rake in thousands sitting at the nearest stop sign and watch en the jumpers or going after the drivers who think a yield sign is the same as merge

I don't understand how people can be against this. Texting while driving is dangerous, plain and simple. It will cause you to be more distracted, it will therefore cause more accidents. Accidents cost the system money fixing both cars and people. You should have to pay more to off set your statistical increase in costs. Think of it as a user fee instead of a fine. Also it is a pretty simple rule to follow and if it prevents income tax from going up, I am all for it.
Heck increase the fine and decrease income tax.

I have no problem not using my phone while driving, the thing that does get to me are the people who slam on their brakes in front of you and then pull part way off the lane to answer their cell (especially heading up University Way).

How did we make it back in the day when there were no cell phones!??

Totally agree with Porter - he nailed it.

I was actually pulling over to answer my phone long before the law took place. If everyone used common sense, we wouldn't need the law.

I was just reflecting yesterday on how many people I saw in a short drive through town holding what looked like a cell phone to their ear while driving down the road, astounding! Then, a quick swerve around the fool who felt compelled to suddenly pull over and stop on the narrow two lane path they call Queensway, yes, in an area posted very conspicuously with No Stopping signs. The guy in the pick up beside me graciously allowed me half of his lane on short notice, in the rear view it sure looked like the sudden stopper was talking on a hand held communications device thus my assumption. I'm not against the new laws mentioned in the article above, but they probably should have had broader reach, to include other stupid driver tricks, like driving and:
-eating a giant cheeseburger, etc.
-shaving
-applying makeup
-reading
Did I miss any stupid driver tricks?
metalman.

I see RCMP on the phone quite often.

its not the cell phone thing it the whole package thing that they threw together. why didnt they put a little bit of gun control,weed carring ,etc

Hood you have not answered me?

While in Vancouver this week,I actually saw a woman driving and eating a salad in bowl.
Complete with sliced boiled eggs!
She held the bowl and the steering wheel with the same hand.
At one point,she added more dressing from a little package.
Looked like it was a Wendy's salad.
We stayed behind and beside her and watched,because we couldn't believe what we were seeing.
She then proceeded to peel and eat a grapefuit!
My born and raised Vancouver buddy says it is not uncommon down there to see them actually reading a book at the stop lights.
You just can't fix stupid.
And cellphones while driving?
They are everywhere,especially down there!
Nobody cares.
Too much traffic, and I doubt the cops can get anywhere near most of them,even if they do see them!