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Peter DeFazio (D-OR) Sponsors Law To Outlaw Already Outlawed Cellphones On Planes
The crusade against the almost non-existent in-flight phone call menace continues. First, we had the FCC insist that it would not lift the ban on in-flight use of mobile phones, in part because of worries from people about having to sit next to someone yapping away.
Worries from people like me: while I've never yet experienced homicidal rage for myself, you wouldn't want to push me too hard on an airplane by yakking about your cycle or your latest conquest for four hours ...
Then, a few months later, the FAA also said that it would not allow mobile phones to be used on airplanes. As we noted at the time, this seemed rather superfluous, given the FCC ruling. But, of course, when there's an issue that's already been decided, who best to step in and decide it all over again but Congress?

Yes, a Congressional representative, Peter DeFazio, has given us the (I kid you not on the name) Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace (Hang Up) Act, which forbids "voice communications using communications devices on scheduled flights." We had mentioned this law when it was first proposed, but it's actually now been approved by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-08-02
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