Should public cellphone use be banned in some places?

Question

Don't you hate it when you're driving down the street and there is a car in front of you driving 15 mph BELOW the speed limit, idles for a few seconds when the light turns green, drifts over to your lane and turns without signaling. Then when you pass that person, you notice they have a cellphone glued to their ear.

Or how about you're on a plane or train taking a LONG trip. Your tired and you close your eyes to get some rest. All of the sudden the person behind you talks talking LOUDLY and laughs ridiculously LOUD on their cellphone.

Last one is the movie theater. You're trying to watch a movie and someone thinks "turning off your cellphone" means put the volume on low. They whisper on their phone like we still can't hear them or send text messages with the annoying beep of every button pushed.

I say cellphone use should be banned in certain public places. Can you not wait until you get home to blab?

Answer 1

No, just tap them and ask them to go in the corridor or keep it down and make it quick. if they get upset ask to be moved or tell him that it is a violation of the quiet rule.

Answer 2

I agree with you a 100%. I think what annoys me the most is  people that talk on their cell phone while driving. I have came close to having an accident on several occasions because another driver was too busy yakking away on their cell phone and was not paying attention to the road. Sometimes I wish I could just grab their cell phone and hit them in the head with it and tell them to put the phone down and pay attention to the road before they kill themselves or someone else.

Answer 3

  Cell phones should be banned period and violatiors should be flogged  in public.  

Answer 4

Yes I agree with you 100 percent............

With more than 100 million cell phones worldwide and growing, the problem is likely to get worse. In the United States alone, it's estimated that in five years 84 percent of U.S. citizens will have a mobile phone.

But a backlash against the cellular nuisance has already begun. In restaurants across the United States, signs asking diners to turn off their phones are becoming increasingly common.

With more than 100 million cell phones worldwide and growing, the problem is likely to get worse. In the United States alone, it's estimated that in five years 84 percent of U.S. citizens will have a mobile phone.

But a backlash against the cellular nuisance has already begun. In restaurants across the United States, signs asking diners to turn off their phones are becoming increasingly common.

Sounds like the perfect solution to pesky phones, right? The problem is, except for Israel and Japan, cell phone jammers remain illegal in most developed countries, including the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Switzerland, and Australia.

Answer 5

cellphone use should be banned in:

movie theatres

weddings

funerals

Answer 6

agree

Answer 7

A movie theater is not a public place, it is a private business.  Laws such as this should not apply to things in the private sector.  I agree it is annoying though.