NH Dept. of Safety Mobile App - Granite Grok

NH Dept. of Safety Mobile App

smartphone-appsThis won out as our Whiskey Tango Foxtrot of the week.  Yes, you can use it while driving to get location based alerts but only until July when that will be illegal.

(NH Union Leader) On Monday, the New Hampshire Department of Safety announced the launch of a mobile phone app through which Granite Staters and visitors can receive location-based emergency alerts. For travelers who hope to avoid road emergencies or bad weather, the app will be very handy — until July, when state law will forbid drivers from using it.

Yes, the state launched a mobile phone app to distribute emergency alerts a little more than six months after legislators passed a law prohibiting drivers from using handheld mobile devices even to check weather, traffic and emergency alerts. Drivers may not check their phones for such information even while stopped at traffic lights.

The mobile app is a great idea but loses mush of its usefulness (and appears to waste resources) in contrast to the will legislative busy-bodies obsessed with punishing everyone for the actions of a very few.  And bills like HB103, proposed this session, show us that the nanny-state is committed to managing every aspect of our lives.

That’s what they call ‘Gud Gubbmint.’

It is why I implore you to ask, how much is enough?  (Not just of your officials but ask yourself as well.)

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