The state already banned texting or other cell phone use while driving, a prohibition that Mr. Wisniewski acknowledged did not seem to deter many do.
Yet for some, the bill poses an existential threat.
"Now they meet in the car and taking the Dunkin 'Donuts your hand and take the red in your hand lips," Jim Sillence, 44, of Morris Plains, said in the parking Morristown a CVS a recent afternoon. "What they will do, prohibit drive-through?" (Mr. Sillence had chosen not to take advantage of drive-through pharmacy CVS.)
M .. Sillence, who acknowledged that neither the groom nor eat while driving was "the best idea, "was once rear-ended by someone who claimed to be looking for a GPS application at the time. another time, he tried to change lanes after realizing that the lead driver was texting, but all the drivers around him seemed to be using their cell phones, too.
yet for him, the stinking government ban too far. "I'm not smart enough to find the right answer, "he said, shrugging his shoulders.
M .. Wisniewski said he had received more comments on the draft law distracted driving he had several years to propose to increase gas tax to the state, which remains low has become another feature of New Jersey. Maine, he noted, has not experienced a similar level of indignation.
It could also inspire Britain, where "driving without care and attention" can result in large fines and points penalty. The most notorious recent target of the law: a woman who was sentenced to a fine of 145 pounds and three penalty points on his license to eat a banana in a traffic jam. ( "This is the most expensive bananas I've ever had in my life," told his local newspaper. She)
At home, however, critics of the bill are strong and persistent, arguing that the state laws against careless or reckless driving are sufficient. Some critics have questioned whether police officers will take the intentional vagueness of the bill to abuse their powers of traffic- stop.
Steve Carrellas, a supporter of longstanding pilot who is the head of the New Jersey section the national motorists Association, the proposal is just the latest of many "shenanigans" for pressing drivers, including limits too low speeds, the ban on cell phone and toll roads. Fortunately, Mr. Carrellas said, the red light cameras are gone.
"This bill has the appearance of a puncture of money," he said.
M .. Wisniewski denied, saying the fines were intended to have a deterrent effect.
An unscientific poll of drivers parking shopping center two bands a lot in the suburbs of New Jersey found many self-proclaimed cautious drivers who applauded the idea of cutting down on distracted driving. Outraged, they listed the things they had seen other drivers do: read a newspaper draped over the steering wheel; watch a video; change clothes; applying makeup; reaching down to pick up dropped food; punch with a passenger.
Then, a certain amount of sheepish installed.
"I admit, when I was younger, I put the makeup in the car," Cotten Tawanna, 43, of Morristown, said. She had a small epiphany about his usual mascara to go, she said, "after running my mouth about the SMS -. Just kind of hit me "
Brendan Carti, 19, a sophomore up to the university of Charleston in South Carolina, admitted in some cases of distracted driving, despite repeated injunctions of his driver education teachers.
"There are times when I looked at him and said, was" Oh my God, I would not have done, "he said, adding, it fully supports the bill.
Across the parking lot, Vince Capano, a writer of beer, gave no quarter.
"Next thing, they'll be banning sneezing or coughing," he said. "Where is the starting line?"
M .. Capano probably would not be happy to learn about another project of New Jersey, introduced in March, which would punish pedestrians caught using their cell phones while walking along public road with a fine.
He did not come to a vote.
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