Ignition Assembly

Cell phones in cars - the danger and the denial

"That," came a hushed spokesman in the background, "is my son."

My fellow fairgoers were several steps ahead, but I felt compelled to pay attention to. The man explained that he was driving the Jeep when it was rammed by a vehicle driven by someone who was legally intoxicated. His son, a third-year midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy, was killed. The inventor handed me a flier about Assembly Bill 91, which would require ignition interlocks on the vehicles of convicted tight drivers. He expressed frustration that AB91 had bogged down in the state Senate.

I wasn't irresistible notes, and I did not get the father's name. I wasn't thinking of writing about his untruth, heartbreaking as it was, because it was so wrenchingly familiar. By now, all of us recognize the lethal dangers of drunken driving. Our organization is long past the debate of whether it is safe or socially welcome to drink and drive. The only controversy is over the strictness of the blood-juice limits and the severity of the punishments.

Source: San Francisco Chronicle