To start the new year, the government as implemented new laws. I watched this short clip about that, and certain laws are specific to certain states. In Illinois, no texting while driving, and you cannot talk on your cell phone in a school zone. Other states have rules on tanning, gay marriage, and even the amount of trans fat in your foods. I wondered how they came up with these laws. Was it based on statistics? Why wouldn't every state want to pass a no texting law? In our own district talking on your cell phone or texting was only enforced in Winnetka, why didn't the other neigboring community enforce this as well? However, when I thought about the gay rights laws I wondered if something more controversial was based on the views of the state officials. Because that has more to do with believes, while texting and driving is an obvious safety hazard.
We talked in class a few months ago or so about state vs federal laws. Some of these laws do not seem as critical or important, but what makes a law worthy or crucial enough to be recognized throughout the country?
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That's a really great question. I feel that texting and driving should be banned, I think that is crucial enough to be recognized throughout the whole country. In class we discussed how laws are made in response to actions. Perhaps other states haven't had problems with texting, maybe some communities have an older population who don't ever text so it's not an issue. Also, texting is a fairly new piece of technology and maybe over time it will become more common for it to be banned.
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