Okay, this is stupid

Did you hear about this law that goes into effect today here in Missouri?

As of today, people 21 years of age and younger can't text on their phones while driving.


I can hardly believe the stupidity of this, for at least three reasons.

To begin, why should it be okay for a 30 or 40 or any-year-old to be able to "text while driving" which, apparently, with this law, it is?

Does that make sense?

It seems the lawmakers are saying that, if you're older, you have the capacity to text on your phone, but not those young kids.

Was this a giveaway to the phone companies or an attempt to not trample on First Amendment rights or what?

Whatever it was, it makes no sense.

Secondly, the blatant discrimination of this seems like it would doom the law right out of the gate.

Finally, The Kansas City Star poses a good question:

"But just how anyone is going to stop you has police scratching their heads. How will anyone know your age, let alone know for sure whether you are texting or calling?"

I mean really, how do you police a thing like this?

I hope no one down in Jefferson City thinks they did good work on this one.

Someone explain this to me.

I don't think it's explicable.

Link to story:
http://www.kansascity.com/637/story/1409899.html