Originally Posted by
freshairborne
If someone turns on a prohibited electronic device and no one notices, does that mean that they didn't turn it on? I'm sure it's done thousands of times a day, and obviously the effect is generally unnoticed, but that's like saying that since someone texted while driving but didn't hit a pedestrian, then it must be ok to text while driving.
It's illegal. If a case went so far as to be heard by a law judge who asked the defendant if they turned on their cell phone after they were told not to and the answer was yes, that person is guilty. Has nothing to do with whether it caused a problem or not.
I will be happy when the time comes that such things are no longer an issue so that it will eliminate at least a power-tripping from everyone.
FAB
That's not what I am said or what is happening. People are texting and driving. As the number of people who are texting and driving increases so do the accidents. People are doing illegal things on planes with electronic devices and no visible consequence is resulting as the number of people doing so increases.
What I would say and what happens with texting and driving is as more people do it more accidents result from that unsafe activity, not that if one person texts {turns on their phone} and the car {plane} doesn't crash that it is ok.
I defiantly agree that if it is illegal you shouldn't do it.