Matt Helm's article discusses the legitimacy of the law banning items such as dice, air fresheners, rosaries, etc. from hanging from the rear-view mirror. Due to its lack of enforcement, many question whether or not it is necessary.
Ron Jelinek comments: "I call it a 'gotcha' law. It's an excuse to pull someone over."
I feel that this quote is the most effective as it bluntly states the truth. The ban itself is poorly enforced and entirely vague. Unwritten connotations excuse some items while strictly prohibiting others. This leaves drivers to the mercy of whatever officers are patrolling the roads that particular day. For these reasons, I disagree with the ban.
While fuzzy dice do run the risk of obscuring blips here and there, issues such as drowsy driving, drunk driving, or distracted driving (driving while texting, calling, surfing the internet, brushing your teeth etc.) render drivers completely blind to their surroundings. Instead of focusing on little complications and details, I feel that we should place greater effort in minimizing these bad habits rather than diversifying the topic to include the most trivial of problems. I also think that while these laws attempt to better the driving of our state, nation, etc. there are other more effective/influential factors (such as our overall driving education program) that should be revised in order to assure safer driving.
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