godzgirl's Blog

I think that having a Bluetooth is a good idea for people that are not responsible for using a cell phone properly, but why make it a mandatory law for having them? I think that this is just another gimmick to make money off of the taxpayers.

Before cell phones, there should have been and are laws that prohibit eating while driving and women putting on make up while driving (since I am a female and do not wear make up), fussing at others while driving and a few other things. With the price of gas going up the way that it is, and the economy going upside down many people might decide to go back to the old fashioned way of life; that is using a home phone or the phone booth. Cell phone prices are going up and getting ridiculous. I

nstead of paying $30-100 for a Bluetooth and then $150 for the cell phone bill, I will be better off using my home phone that costs me an average of $50-75 a month with all of the features and long distance. The average cell phone package ranges about $50 then you have to add federal excise tax, funding to support the Public Utilities Commission, Temp. Surcharges as allowed by the Public Utilities Commission, CA High Cost fund-A, Federal Universal Service Fee, CA teleconnect Fund surcharge, CHCF-B rate adjustment and a bunch of other taxes that are too many to mention. With all of these taxes that many of use do not pay attention to once we get our bills, those taxes are the causes our cell phone bills going from the average $50 to $150 and then we wonder why our bills are so high if we did not go over our anytime minutes.

Now after all of that, why make Bluetooth mandatory. Not everyone is irresponsible. I thing that the laws are good for those under 18 because most kids to not pay attention or they try to show off for their friends, but why do everyone have to suffer because of a few rotten apples in the barrel?