Is the cell phone law enforced?

Why bother having laws when they’re not being enforced?

This summer, I saw Fran Mentch in her lime green Kia Soul make an illegal right on red at Green and Mayfield while yakking on her cell phone, then I witnessed her blow through the stop light at Mayfield and Victory while doing same. This woman has so little respect for the law it’s not surprising what she did.

But others should know better.

Saturday, I saw Doctor David Miller pulling into South Euclid’s Harvest Fest in his Honda pilot - talking on his cell phone. That’s right, one of the people who passed the law making it illegal to use your cell phone while driving was breaking the law he voted for. At this rate, Miller can be expected to run for Congress soon.

Just yesterday, returning home from church, my wife and I saw a black Chevy Suburban pass us on Mayfield Road. There was a woman with three kids inside. The right rear door handle popped out of its socket and was left hanging by a wire. A young girl who couldn’t possibly be older than seven popped her head out of the window, leaning on her lower chest, and put the handle back in place. By her expertise it appeared she had done this numerous times before. The woman who we presume to be the mother did not notice as she was too busy talking on her cell phone. The child was not wearing a seat belt. Ironically there were Romney and pro-life bumper stickers on the woman’s car. I guess it’s true what they say about pro-lifers’ concerns beginning at conception and ending at birth.

Of course, I’d call the South Euclid Police Department and report this behavior. But I can’t because it’s illegal to use your cell phone while driving!