Imagine

Imagine you are a Chapel Hill Town Council member. Imagine that the horrific bus accident in Switzerland had been caused by a driver using a cellphone. I am not saying that happened, and not even suggesting it actually happened. But imagine that it did. Then ask yourself - how can I sleep at night if I don't seize the opportuinty to enact a local restriction on the use of cellphones et al while driving a motor vehicle? Imagine the unimaginable - a horrendous accident caused by someone who legally talking on the phone while driving in Chapel Hill. What would you do? I'd enact the ordinance, making the offense a primary one, and ask the Chapel Hill Police to enforce it aggressively. And I would sleep more soundly.