George Costanza
A Friendly Liberal
Where did you get that insane impression?
There was an article in the Los Angeles Times which mentioned a survey finding that talking (not texting) on a cell phone had little or no effect on the accident rate. It was either last year or earlier this year, so I probably won't be able to find it now, but I do clearly remember reading it.
Also, how can you claim that you have a client doing 36 months for violating this law? That is a gross misrepresentation in general. I would venture that he got CAUGHT because of this law and is doing 36 months because of possession of methamphetamine.
I'm not "claiming" anything of the sort - I'm flat TELLING you that this is the case. I'm the defense lawyer that watched him go out the back door of the courtroom on his way to state prison for 32 months in this case - that's how I know what happened.
OBVIOUSLY he got caught because he was talking on the phone. If it weren't for that law, however, he would be happily on the streets as we speak. In that sense, I (and I'm sure my client as well) blame the cell phone law for his present predicament.
If you want to parse phrases, do it with someone else - I don't have the time or the patience for it.