More on Cell Phones on Buses

The City Council, some bus drivers and bus riders want to ban cell-phone ringtones on the bus.

This is what I wrote to the Honolulu Advertiser.

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Dec/25/op/FP612250301.html

BUS BAN ON CELL-PHONE RINGTONES IS RIDICULOUS

The City Council passed Bill 71, which bans cell-phone ringtones on the bus. It has yet to be signed by the mayor.

The idea of banning cell-phone ringtones on the bus is ridiculous, and is an overreaction to something that is extremely minor.

The bus isn't a library, a classroom or a private space for meditation.

If we ban cell-phone rings, what next? Do we ban all conversations between passengers?

Also, if someone who is in a hurry to go to work (or another appointment) and forgot to put the phone on vibrate, that person will suffer the humiliation of being expelled from the bus.

And that person will suffer just for the sake of petty tyrants who complain about extremely minor issues!

We need to encourage Mayor Mufi Hanneman to veto Bill 71.

Pablo Wegesend
Honolulu