Ryan Belliveau
By Dylan Quigley | Observer Contributor
Ryan Belliveau, a paralegal and Business graduate who is taking classes at MWCC for extra credit, has strong feelings about the new hands-free driving law.
Belliveau admitted that people on their phones while driving is a problem that needs to be dealt with, but he questions if this law is the right choice.
Belliveau pointed out that the law allows for more money to go to insurance companies and towards the state because more people will be getting tickets. Furthermore, it may be used as an excuse by police for search and seizure and/or racial profiling.
Belliveau also stated that this could lead to other driving restrictions, adding, “if you let the government take an inch, they will take a yard or a mile.”
Kolby Ellis
By Abbi Rameau | Observer Contributor
Kolby Ellis, an Interdisciplinary Studies major, supports the law completely. Ellis said that he has only been in the car with one person who has used their phone when driving, but “the stories are in the death count.”
“You save a bit of time for the risk of your life,” he elaborated.
Ellis thinks that the repercussions for the law should be more severe, as even changing songs in your playlist can risk an accident.
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