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@Ms. D: Your experience seems very different from mine -- or from anyone else I've ever talked with about this. I walk to and from work through downtown DC (roughly Chinatown to Dupont Circle, about 25-30 minutes each way), every weekday for the last 4 years, and I have literally never seen anyone pulled over for any traffic violation. And my experience seems to be typical. I've asked people at work about this, and none of them has ever seen anyone pulled over either (though a bunch of them have gotten speed camera tickets).

Just to be clear, I support the concept of outlawing cell phone use while driving. I just don't think it'll do any good, because the police won't enforce it. And if you could get the police to start enforcing the existing traffic laws, that would do a lot more good (I care less about a driver talking on a cell phone than I do about drivers ignoring crosswalks, running stop signs and red lights, etc.).

by Rob on Jul 5, 2012 6:50 pm • link • report

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