The Michigan legislature has proposed a new traffic law that will be a farce and will all but unenforceable. This legislature has come up with a part time solution for a very serious offense and they should be ashamed of themselves, as proposed it is a sham. It will be a secondary offense, which means a officer will have to have another violation just to make the traffic stop. Picture two vehicles passing each other in opposite direction at 55 MPH. The officer sees the other driver texting and by the time he stops and turns around and catches up with the offender, if there is no other violation, the stop cannot even be made. If another violation allows the stop, the driver has had time to hide the instrument. But if a citation was issued and the driver is found guilty, the first offense fine is $100, without any points applied to the drivers record. I think if we were issued a 10 MPH over the speed limit, it would be very close to a fine of $100. So how really serious is this full time legislature solving a real and serious problem. Our roads are as bad as they they have ever been in two generations. Police departments all over the state and country are being reduced, the police and the entire legal system are becoming back logged, and none needs a sham of a law. I suggest for a part time solution to a very serious problem, we need a part time legislature, how much more worse could it be ?
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