I was watching Comedy Central the other
day and caught the act of a comedian whose name escapes me at the
moment. He brought up an interesting question and posited some
hypotheticals that got me thinking.
The subject: Driving while using a cell
phone.
He related the true story of his run in
with a police officer who pulled him over for using a cell phone
while driving.
Being the comedian he was, he asked the
officer “If I'd been holding a banana to my ear would you have
pulled me over?” The officer said no.
He then asked “If I only had one arm
and was driving would you have pulled me over?” Again the officer
said no.
“So I have one arm for driving and
free arm that I don't need for driving that I can use for other
things. So why is it against the law to use that arm for holding a
cell phone to my ear?”
At that point the comedian said the
officer told him to step out of the car and proceeded to place him
under arrest. He also got in one last parting shot as the officer was
handcuffing him.
“I bet you'd have a tough time doing
that if I only had one arm, wouldn't you?”