{"id":1329,"date":"2008-10-31T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2008-10-31T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/?p=1329"},"modified":"2008-10-30T15:20:58","modified_gmt":"2008-10-30T19:20:58","slug":"more-driving-bans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/31\/more-driving-bans\/","title":{"rendered":"More driving bans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday we saw that some countries are concerned<\/a> about it’s citizens driving around and being “unhealthy” (Actually it seems we managed to shame them<\/a> into calling the whole thing off. \u00c2\u00a0Power to the people!), it seems that Ontario is about to reach it’s filthy invasive laws right into your car. \u00c2\u00a0Again, that is. \u00c2\u00a0Not only will you not be able to suck down sweet sweet nicotine-infused smoke and share with your kids<\/a>, you can’t be doing that while yakking on the phone<\/a>. \u00c2\u00a0Gods, what kind of police state do we live in? \u00c2\u00a0What’s next, banning playing video games while driving<\/a>? \u00c2\u00a0Oh wait, that’s already covered by the law. \u00c2\u00a0Will it never end? \u00c2\u00a0The oppression is more than I can take, it’s like someone is choking me every waking minute….<\/p>\n

Ok. \u00c2\u00a0Actually this really isn’t that bad. \u00c2\u00a0The smoking thing is something I can completely get behind, there’s no reason to kill your kids while you are killing yourself. \u00c2\u00a0The cell phone thing is also probably a good idea, since fumbling with a phone is not the best idea while screaming up the ramp at 130KM\/h onto the Queensway on two wheels, while eating a donut. \u00c2\u00a0It’s not recommended, you get sticky sugary icing all over your phone. \u00c2\u00a0You really need to be on your game to drive as dangerously as I do. \u00c2\u00a0That 2G, three lane change (without signaling, natch) is tricky enough without texting about it at the same time. \u00c2\u00a0There’s plenty of time to be texting to your buddies while you wait for the ambulance and the jaws of life, because as we all know, ambulance response times<\/a> sure aren’t getting any shorter.<\/p>\n

So, maybe I over-reacted slightly, perhaps. \u00c2\u00a0It’s going to be just fine. \u00c2\u00a0Really.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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