As I was driving to work this morning I found myself stuck behind a car that kept weaving from side to side. At first I thought the guy was drunk but as soon as I began to pass him I realized he was not drinking but talking on his cell phone. I am sure that many of you have experienced this before and like me you probably thought to yourself, “get off of that cell phone and drive already”. The cell phone is 30 years old can you believe it? The first commercial mobile phone service was launched in Japan by NTT in 1978. By November 2007, the total number of mobile phone subscriptions in the world had reached 3.3 billion, or half of the human population (although some users have multiple subscriptions, or inactive subscriptions), which also makes the mobile phone the most widely spread technology and the most common gadget in the world. Many states have laws against driving with your cell phone glued to your ear but unfortunately NC’s law will not go into effect until later this year. This will be great for all of us who just want to get where we are going without being held up by those pesky cell phone addicts who can’t seem to go 1 hour without their cell phone fix. How sad is that right? Hold a sec, I really have to take this call…
I’ll have to admit that I’m a walking contradiction. I complain when I see others drive with their cell phones, yet I do it, on occasions, and I’m well aware of my surroundings when I cell phone drive (*laughs at this self-righteous proclamation*). That law hasn’t come into effect here yet but it certainly needs to. Not only do we have an issue with the cell phone but Vegas is a city that never sleeps… you may come across a drunk cell phone driver and that is scary!!!