Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - 7/22/17 - Drivers – Put Your Phones Away

Episode Date: July 22, 2017

Washington state has a new law banning all handheld cell phone usage in vehicles, and people who don't comply will face hefty fines akin to a DUI. Officials say "On the phone, off the road." But if you think this type of law won't come your way soon, you're mistaken.Follow Jeffy on Twitter: @JeffyMRALike Jeffy on Facebook: www.facebook.com/JeffFisherRadioFollow Jeffy on Instagram: @jeffymra Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Blaze Radio Network. On demand. The Jeff Fisher Show. Saturday mornings, 9 to noon Eastern. On the Blaze Radio Network. So this is coming to a state near you very, very soon. Washington State drivers, now using any electronic device behind the wheel of an automobile could result in charges akin to a different.

DUI. It's called an E-D-U-I. Now it takes effect this weekend. And man, do I want this to take effect everywhere. Now, there are a lot of, there are a lot of places that, you know, it's illegal to text and drive. I got it. Everyone knows that you're not supposed to text and drive. It's distracting. Everyone has been close to everyone has said, well, I just got to get this one more word out and look up and have to hit the brakes. Everyone has done that. You're not, you can pretend like it hasn't been you, but it has been you. Somebody is called and you're, you've got the phone down here on your left and you're

driving and you're one last, one last little, oh yeah, yeah, okay, I got you. Yes, I will be. That quick. We know. And there's been plenty of people. injured because of distracted driving, people testing and driving. So you know it's, you know, you're not supposed to do it. It's wrong.

However, now in Washington State, you can't even do it when you're parked at a red light. That's a problem. I have a big problem with that. Everyone knows you're not supposed to text and drive. And you're not supposed to speed either. So when you get caught speed and you pay the ticket. You get caught texting and drive. You pay the ticket. Let's move on.

All right. At a red light? I'm stopped at a red light. That's the time that you text people. You're at a red light. That's the time. Calls came in while I was driving. Texts came in while I was driving.

I'm not going to respond because I'm driving. It's dangerous. I want to keep both hands at 10 and 2 and drive the speed limit to get to my destination without running into other vehicles or people. Oh, there's a red light. Stop. Text.

I can see that Mary needs milk. I can see that I'm supposed to call this person. Come on. Even at a light? And what about, I mean, am I able to use, am I able to use it for a GPS? Am I able to have my phone up in the window, you know, for directions? Does that count? Am I looking at it?

Where do I have to have it? I mean, I realize that it would put the source. Cell phones down, preserve life. Yeah, I know. But we use it for more than just texting and just calling in today's world. So I'm a little concerned that we're going a little bit too far. Maybe we ought to just bring it back just a little. Now, this is another example of a law that if I am Uber,

Just like the new levels on what's considered being impaired to drive is happening around the country, and they're dropping those levels or making them higher, whatever way you want to look at it, so you drink less and you're considered impaired. If I'm a company like Uber, I am behind these laws 180,000 percent. Is there a 180,000%? Yes. I am behind these laws so much. Because if you want to get to the point where people don't drive themselves

but have other people driving them around. And another example of driverless cars coming, right? But especially now since we don't have the technology to make the whole driverless thing work really like we want it to. but we do have the technology to just have other people drive us around. Just Uber it so that you don't have to worry about driving so that I can text and I can work and I can be shuttled to wherever I have to go. If I'm Uber, I'm behind these laws all over the country. Make them as hard as you want.

No texting and driving. Make people want to not drive so that they can call me for a ride. and that's my new ad campaign for Uber. But I really do think that that's a problem if I can't text and drive at a red light. All right, well, I'm not texting and driving at a red light because I'm stopped. That's the point.

That's when you have the opportunity. I can't spend 20 minutes in a car without looking at my phone and texting. I'm looking forward to the red lights, okay? That's what I'm using it for. Don't make me not be able to do. do that then? No, no, officer. I wasn't texting and driving. I was, um, you know,