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Peter Grossetti
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Textng while driving

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The Public Safety Committee host a PUBLIC HEARING Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 6:30 PM in Lecture Hall 2 of Lakewood High School, 14100 Franklin Boulevard Lakewood, OH 44107. Testimony may be submitted in person at the hearing or in advance via email to council@lakewoodoh.net. Speakers will be limited to three minutes and are asked to sign up fifteen minutes in advance in Lecture Hall 2.

The following items will be heard:

PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 44-12 Enact 331.345 Use of a Communications Device While Driving; Texting While Driving (1st Reading 9/17/12, 2nd Reading 10/1/12)

Ryan Nowlin, Chair
David Anderson, Shawn Juris; Members
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
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Re: Textng while driving

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Peter Grossetti wrote:The following items will be heard:

PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 44-12 Enact 331.345 Use of a Communications Device While Driving; Texting While Driving (1st Reading 9/17/12, 2nd Reading 10/1/12)

Ryan Nowlin, Chair
David Anderson, Shawn Juris; Members
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE



More busy work?


Is this the same crew that closed down our parks early, made yard sales signs illegal, helped
to ban pit bulls, a law the state had that was struck down, and now are duplicating the laws
of the state again with another law against the residents that is redundant?

I would think the place to start with this is ask Chief Malley how many times the state law
has been imposed on drivers, and if that number is large, or if the number of drivers
texting, and slipping through the loophole in the state law(none) has gotten away from
getting a ticket or fine, and then and only then, see how the city law can close that massive
err nonexistent loophole in the state law.

Outside of that, maybe this group could focus on more laws against City Hall, than the residents.

Just a thought...


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Jim O'Bryan wrote:More busy work?


Yes.
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Re: Textng while driving

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Trying to keep these two threads together:

http://www.lakewoodobserver.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=11437
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