Driving one of Mr. B.’s cronies home from an afternoon of video games the other day, I would glance now and then at his iPhone which was displaying a GPS app giving directions.
Poor kid didn’t even know his address, only that it was typed into the app by his mother. The directions were pretty plain. I had no trouble seeing them as he held the phone up for me. The arrows indicating which way to turn were nice and big and black.
The Democrats, however, don’t like these things. They don’t like anything except what they approve and so Wormtongue and his minions are bringing the law to these apps. And you, of course, if you use them. Doesn’t everyone?
Distracting, they say. Could cause accidents, they say. Not enough graft for them, I say. Unless they have a new regulation to raise the bidding on exceptions. Also known as bribes. The way Obamacare gives exceptions to labor unions and others who’ll vote the Democrat way.
Says Instapundit: “It has the support of automakers because they want to keep charging you $2000 for a nav system that’s not as good as your smartphone.”
It’s about regulating competition, not safety for me and thee. The feds don’t care about your stinking safety. Pretty soon you’ll need to hold the phones lower down so passing cops can’t see them and demand their cut by issuing an expensive ticket. Which will make glancing at them more dangerous.
Via Instapundit.
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