Comments on: 6 new Oregon business laws take effect 2010

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:51:21 +0000

This cell phone law,like many others is only as good as the enforcer. It does not sound like it is being enforced to its fullest. So like many other laws, this one will probably fade away.

By: ALMA

ALMA — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:31:19 +0000

I AM HAPPY THAT THERE IS A LAW THAT RESTRICTS ALL OREGON RESIDENTS TO TALK HANDS FREE. ONCE I WAS DRIVING WITH MY TWO KIDS IN THE CAR AND I ALMOST GOT HIT BY A YOUNG LADY THAT WAS TEXTING AND DRIVING. I WAS ABLE TO MOVE TO THE SIDE SO I WOULDN’T GET HIT. I HAVE A CELL PHONE THAT I ONLY USE FOR EMERGENCYS. FOR EXAMPLE ROAD ASSISTANCE. THIS LAWS DOESN’T RESTAIN US FROM OUR FREEDOM BUT IS SAVING LIVES IN A WAY. IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RESTRAINING OUR FREEDOM THEN YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO TO CUBA.

By: daisy

daisy — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:56:14 +0000

How sad that there are people in need of restraining our lives and putting restrictions on how we live and what we choose to do. People need to stop voting for removal of our rights. Freedom is what this country is based upon, then freedom is what we should protect.

By: M

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:52:31 +0000

I just have to say. I am relieved that there are restrictions for cell phone use while operating a vehicle…finally. My mother-in-law has totaled two cars now both under one year old because she dropped her cell phone during a call and bent over into the passenger floorboard area to retrieve it while driving down the road. TWICE PEOPLE! I ride with a co-worker who is on their cell phone constantly and they drive totally different (BAD) when they are blabbing and trying to manage their car. I’m in constant fear of an accident. I remember back in the day. We actually got by just fine by using the phone at home or public phones. Now we can’t seem to be able to go grocery shopping without advice from the “All Mighty Cell Phone”. I’m tired of being subjected to people who stand in line and talk loud enough for EVERYONE to hear their all important conversation. Trust me…No one wants to know your business people. I conduct business across the cont. U.S. and clock a lot of miles. I carry a cell phone for emergency use only. If a call comes in while I’m on the road, oh well. That’s what voice mail is for right? In conclusion. Let’s make the roads a safer place for everyone to be. Kudos to a new start OREGON lawmakers.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:36:11 +0000

Spot on, Bill. Your insight is quite thoughtful, and accurate. And Sandy, just because someone makes a mistake doesn’t mean there should be a law against whatever they’ve done. Would you like it if car stereos were banned so that nobody has the chance to be distracted by their own singing? Or how about we criminalize eating in the car, too? Surely someone has been hit at “35 miles [per] hour!!!!!!” by a driver snacking on some late night drive-thru burritos. It is a rediculous “liberal” (not to be confused with “democratic”) fantasy that there should be a law governing every action that COULD possibly result in someone’s fault. Laws like this that punish the average citizen by maliciously disturbing their finances will never replace good old fashioned common sense, whether or not it gives us a cozy feeling to think otherwise.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:34:41 +0000

My husband has been hit and injured by a driver on a cell phone at a RED STOP light. The driver was so busy talking that he drove into the back of the car totaling it out at 35 miles an hour..!!!!!! This is a good law…

By: Joe Shaddix

Joe Shaddix — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:22:05 +0000

So, I’m going to be pulled over by a cop for using a cell phone and failure to signal BY a cop on a cell phone failing to signal. I just need to learn my place.

By: Grant Beldin

Grant Beldin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:39:27 +0000

Does the cell phone law apply to those under 18 also? Please respond

By: bill

bill — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:10:58 +0000

Looks like the ongoing “Attorney Relief Act” is alive and well. The cozy relationship between lawyers and our government clearly make this “partnership” profitable for both sides, at the expense of job creation. Lawyers are constantly nibbling away .. finding new and imaginative ways to blackmail and extort money from those who dare organize a business enterprise in Oregon.

By: bud

bud — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:22:27 +0000

Another business expense, that is how I see the cell-phoen driving ban and how it will hit delivery drivers.