{"id":3665,"date":"2005-03-07T17:32:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-07T21:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/03\/07\/buzzing-under-the-hay\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:55","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:55","slug":"buzzing-under-the-hay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/03\/07\/buzzing-under-the-hay\/","title":{"rendered":"buzzing under the hay"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"phone potluck<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/em> — our cell phone blues<\/em>:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"tiny U.S. politicians don’t have the courage to ban a clearly dangerous <\/font>activity, that is becoming <\/font>an entitlement for many drivers (<\/font><\/font>NYT<\/em> article<\/font><\/font><\/a>, March 3, 2005). <\/font>They also continue with the phony notion<\/font> (first discussed by me in March 2000 <\/font><\/font>here<\/font><\/a>), that hands-free <\/font>is safer than hand-up cellphoning. (ethicalEsq<\/em> weighs in<\/font><\/a>)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

\"tiny Instead, hands-free car phoning is just as distracting (it’s the distraction that’s <\/font>the problem!) and allows the irresponsible to find yet more distracting activities <\/font>to perform while driving. (see NYT<\/em>, “For Drivers, a <\/font>Traffic Jam of Distractions<\/font><\/a>, <\/font>March 3, 2005)<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"monkey Three years after the ban on hand-held cells phones started in New York, <\/font>scofflaws are everywhere; and some pollyanas are silly enough to think <\/font>that compliance will <\/font><\/font>improve over time, as opposed to the law becoming <\/font>harder and harder to enforce (see <\/font><\/font>“<\/font>three years later<\/font><\/a>“, wnyt) Currently, there are so many violators right out in the open, <\/font>that officers placed on full-time cellphone alert could easily pay for themselves and more.<\/font><\/p>\n

\"tiny big surprise from South Dakota: <\/font>Cell Phone Companies Oppose Ban On Mobile Phones In Cars<\/font><\/a> <\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\"tiny some <\/font>school bus companies<\/font><\/a> in Connecticut haven’t yet banned their drivers from <\/font>using cell phones while driving.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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empty farm wagon
\na cell phone
\nbuzzing under the hay<\/font><\/p>\n
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lock out . . .
\nworkers burn the editorials
\nto warm their hands<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

the homestead cedars . . .
\nour toy cars follow a dirt road
\nthrough fallen needles<\/font><\/p>\n

from World Haiku Review<\/em>, <\/font><\/p>\n

Vintage Haiku<\/font><\/a> from <\/font>Randy Brooks<\/font><\/a><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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March snowfall<\/font><\/p>\n

wanting more<\/font><\/p>\n

not wanting more<\/font> <\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

……………… by <\/font><\/em><\/font>dagosan<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/a>:<\/font> <\/font><\/em><\/font><\/font><\/font> [March 7, 2005]<\/font><\/em><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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