Teens not the only offenders
Thank goodness there is a cellphone measure to target people — mostly teens, of course — who are talking and texting on the phone while driving [“Cellphone measure targets teen drivers,” page one, Mar. 4].
However, here’s what I don’t understand. There have been at least six instances in the last two months where I have watched someone either beside me or behind me weave or come close to hitting me because they were texting. None of them were teenagers.
I am not saying teens don’t text. I work in a high school and it’s almost impossible to stop them. But saying we are all going to be safe now because there is a measure to stop teens from texting in the car is ridiculous — not to mention that we have just offended a major population of people on the road who know they are not the only ones who text when they drive.
In fact, they are, quite frankly, better at texting than the housewife who ran into my lane head-on before she looked up from her phone and just about had a heart attack. I’m just saying the consequences should be the same for everyone.
— Jeannie Manning, Bothell
Only way to ensure safety
If cellphone-using drivers promise to destroy only their own property in accidents and to not injure anyone other than themselves, I would agree with Rep. Dan Roach that his is the “libertarian” freethinking stance. Given the difficulty of arranging this, however, I prefer to have the government meddlers make these dangerous drivers hang up.
— Sara Lorimer, Shoreline