can't drive and using your cell phone... in ontario!

So if you want to talk while driving... that's fine but you must be using a hands freed device. So why after talking to people for the past few years, does the provincial government decide that they need to take 3 months to educate the driver who are using cell phone or other electronic devices while driving and how its so very dangerous? And why does the government think that a small $500.00 is enough to stop people from putting those stupid things in their hands?

I would much rather have the fine around the $1-2,000 range and with a 2-4 point range depending upon what you were doing while on the phone/electronic device.

I truely belive that the cell phone comanies can really help to get the message across to their users. They do have the technology to track when a cell phone is being used and when it is moving, so why can't they send a message to the user that warns them of how dangerous it is to be using the phone while driving? They could also only enable features like speaker phone, or even bluetooth technology while the phone scenes a movement of more than 15kph. Hey, if the movement is along the road, and Bluetooth is not active, then features like texting, games, etc would be disabled altogether.
Thought the problem is that what if the person is taking transit, or even just the passenger? Then what?

So the simple solution is for people to understand how expensive talking etc on their phone is going to be. Make the fines and point so horrible that they will think twice about using it. Also allow the cops to have access to cell phone records when they stop or deal with an accident. If they show you - the driver were on the cell phone, then you are given x points on your licence regardless...

police on their cell phone

Howdy,

Just wondering if anybody else has seen a cop on their cell phone while driving? I see it far too often on the roads, esp in Toronto, Ontario. I am concerned that their might be a double-standard when it comes to the anti-cell phone laws. I don't understand that with their union that they can't find a way to have a hands-free device mandatory on their cars.

Should I report their usage to the police? Of would cops policing cops be a bad idea?