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We all know that talking on a cell phone while driving could be a distraction. Except in extremely rare instances I choose not to use my cell when I’m driving. That would fall along the line of using common sense, correct? Most people I know pretty much have the same rule when driving.

We hear the big government nannies whining about cell phones and driving, claiming it causes lots of accidents and fatalities on the road, and Ray “Gimmie More Power” LaHood, former Republican and current Transportation Secretary wants jamming devices in all cars to render the cell phone useless. It’s a “public safety” issue. After all, thousands upon thousands are dying because of cell phone usage. At least that’s what the nanny’s tell us.

Some Nanny States have actually banned cell phone use in cars:

Handheld Cell Phones: 9 states, D.C. and the Virgin Islands prohibit all drivers from using handheld cell phones while driving. Except for Maryland, all laws are primary enforcement—an officer may cite a driver for using a handheld cell phone without any other traffic offense taking place.

That comes from the Governors Highway Safety Association.

So we are led to believe by big, nanny state government that cell phones in cars causes many fatal accidents and something needs to be done, right? Well, why is it then that Ray “Gimmie More Power” LaHood’s very own U.S. Department of Transportation’s statistics show this:

Since 2005, fatalities have dropped 25 percent.

It’s not a “public safety” issue, it’s just an excuse for another big government nanny state power grab that takes away yet another quickly vanishing liberty.

Big Brother Nanny-Stasi State recommends full ban on use of cell phones while driving

Have you noticed how much freedom the government has taken lately? It’s always in the name of public safety, public health, or some other public fill-in-the-blank and this is no different. It’s typical leftist knee-jerk syndrome. The excuse of “saving lives” strikes me as odd considering they are mostly in favor of abortion and making abortions easier. Kinda makes them hypocrites. And the sheep that go along with nonsense like this have absolutely no regard for freedom, they are the one’s that would trade liberty for a little security, and they deserve neither. This has nothing to do with safety and everything to do with more government intrusion.

Lake Minnetonka Liberty warned you about Ray “Gimmie More Power” LaHood and his Transportation Dept’s potential ban on cell phones in cars late last winter. It’s moving forward in yet another soon to be failed insane government attempt to legislate common sense.

There are many situations where one may need to use a cell phone while driving. As an example, perhaps you’re being chased by a road rage guy who wants to run you off the road because he doesn’t like how you drive, perhaps a medical emergency and you’re on the phone with a hospital. Common sense indicates if it’s not urgent, don’t talk and drive. But no, we obviously need big government enacting yet another ban in their insane attempt to legislate common sense.

Back in the day, before this country had a socialist mentality, a state would make a law. Something to the effect of, if you’re yapping on a phone and cause an accident, automatic jail time and a loss of your license. If it were to happen again, maybe prison time and a revocation of your license. If you kill someone, automatic prison time and the loss of your license forever. But no, the socialists want to take another freedom and enact another ban in the name of “saving lives.” Public Safety.

Distracted driving they call it. Hmmm… what’s next? Banning food in your cars? Coffee? A soda? Turning the radio station? Seriously, how much of this bullshit is enough? Maybe we should ban talking while driving, or ban crying children. Shhh, I know. I probably just gave some nanny a couple of idea’s.

Or how about picking up a pen while you’re driving like the cop in the post we published earlier today.

Seriously, can we please stop with the Nanny-Stasi State crap? Please?

Washington (CNN) — A federal safety board called Tuesday for a nationwide ban on the use of cell phones and text messaging devices while driving.

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Obama wants new tax to fund 62% increase in transportation budget

That would be Ray “Gimmie more power and money” Lahood’s department. NO! No more money, no more taxes.

Senate Budget Committee ranking member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) took Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to task Thursday for the Obama administration’s call for a massive increase in transportation spending.

Given the record deficit this year, Sessions said he was surprised to see Obama’s 2012 budget call for an 11 percent spending increase and a 9.5 percent increase for the Education and Energy departments, respectively.

As usual, he does it again. You’ve seen me write about these two boondoggle waste of money bureaucracies before. I’ve said they both need to be eliminated. We don’t need the Dept. of Energy which was a Carter created bureaucracy, and the Dept. of Education, another Carter created bureaucracy to appease the teachers unions. Both of them should be eliminated. But not in the funny little world of Barack Obama. Oh no, they need to be expanded! Is he still doing cocaine? He’s got to be because something isn’t right with how he thinks.

The new tax would be necessary, in part, because the gasoline tax used to fund the highway trust fund is collecting less revenue than projected due to increasing fuel efficiency.

And who’s fault is that? Once again, Barack Obama and his new CAFE standards, not to mention the failure to be drilling for our own oil. This is all his failed policies, everything like this is happening just like I told you it would two years ago. Every single time the government sticks its nose in to something, there are always consequences that affect all of us.

To solve the problem, lift all CAFE standards, and start drilling and building nuclear power plants. It’s so simple, it really is.