In tomorrow's edition of the Athens Review, we've included a story about the town of Southlake (as in Southlake Carroll, home of the team that seems to win state championships every other year). In Southlake, drivers aren't allowed to use cell phones while they are traveling in school zones.
Not a bad idea.
I don't see what that can hurt. Drivers will still be allowed to use hands-free devices, and a little inconvenience to make areas where schools are safer is OK by me.
Now, a councilmember in Southlake also said the city might consider banning the use of cell phones in vehicles altogether. Whoa there, partner. Let's not get crazy. That seems tantamount to banning radios in vehicles. Both can cause wrecks, but they're not inherently dangerous devices.
Only the operators who carelessly use them are.
-- Jayson Larson, editor
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They also do this in Dallas ISD, no texting/talking in active school zones. And you can't feign ignorance, because all the school zone signs (with blinkers or without) have the regulation stated right on the sign, underneath where the school zone hours part is.
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