Letters to the Editor: What good are laws on cellphone use while driving if no one enforces them?
Unfortunately, many still use their cellphones while driving in lieu of Bluetooth earbuds. Others, I have witnessed, will stop at nothing to continue to text as they are driving.
Police continue to look the other way, cell maps or not. Besides, I have noticed a cop or two on their phones, so if there's no enforcement by officers, then by whose standards is anyone breaking the law?
Liz Brown, West Hills
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