среда, 14 марта 2012 г.

Panel to drivers: Hang up phones Natarus' proposed law cheered

Angry motorists and pedestrians sick of worrying about being moweddown by a cell phone-wielding driver enthusiastically endorsed Fridayregulating the phones' use in Chicago.

The only thing wrong with Ald. Burton F. Natarus' (42nd) proposalis that it doesn't go far enough, they argued.

"The dangers involved in this situation are enormous," saidretired lawyer John B. Hirsch, one of a handful of people who spokeat a hearing by the City Council's Committee on Traffic Control andSafety.

Hirsch said he recently followed a driver on Fullerton who went 11/2 miles while flicking cigarette ash with his left hand and talkingon a cell phone with his right. "Was he driving …

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