Distracted driving law’s real purpose is to raise revenue

In response to the March 26 letter to the editor on distracted driving, “Fines need to be higher to work,” it all sounds a bit hypocritical.

“I can easily see into the passenger compartment of most vehicles,” says author. A drivers eyes should be on the road not in most compartments. There’s lots of vehicles on the road and that’s a lot of distracted driving. How many DUIs, gross misdemeanor convictions or $1,500 fines would that be under author’s proposal?

The whole “do as I say and not as I do” is an absurd message, and the fear mongering like an insertion of a certainty of “carnage,” if fines aren’t increased, is even more ridiculous.

We have distracted driving laws, elevating phone use while driving as a primary pull-over was an excuse to generate revenue. Why? Because what’s popular with the masses is always popular for revenue. Be wary of the nanny state and revenue relationship, they tend to mislead, and insist every danger under the sun should be legislated, for revenue, and more revenue.

Fines are not the solution but setting the example is. So drivers: Eyes on road, out of compartments, off the phone, put on the make-up before you leave the house, and save a life. You get the picture!

Jeff Stone

Arlington