On Aug 10, 2:30�pm, Jeff Davis wrote:
does it seem to you that
by taking such a stand the ARRL is exposing itself to a boatload of
liability the first time a mobile operating radio amateur plows into
someone on the Interstate and the amateur operation is cited as a
primary cause for the accident?

Not really. All the ARRL is doing is advocating that amateur radio not
be lumped into the same category as cellphones or texting.

More important, consider that amateurs have been operating mobile rigs
for at least 75 years (including WERS mobiles during WW2). In all that
time, can anyone cite a case - just one - where amateur radio operation
was cited as a primary or even a secondary cause for an accident?

Meanwhile, consider that while cell phones have only been common for
about 15 years, if that, the documented cases where cell-phone-use-
while-driving has been a major contributing factor to accidents are so
numerous that several states and municipalities have banned their use
while driving, or required hands-free operation only.

73 de Jim, N2EY