Let's Just Abolish the States and Be Done With It

It's pretty clear that states with their own laws and customs are getting in the way of certain Democrat Senators:

Four senators pushed for a bill Wednesday to ban texting while driving, a day after a study found that drivers who text while on the road are much more likely to have an accident than an undistracted driver.

Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-New York; Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey; Mary Landrieu, D-Louisiana; and Kay Hagan, D-North Carolina, unveiled the ALERT Act, which would ban truck and car drivers and operators of mass transit from texting while driving.

The proposed legislation would prohibit any driver from sending text or e-mail messages while driving a vehicle, said an earlier news release from the senators. If the bill passes, the Department of Transportation would set the minimum standards for compliance.

States that do not enact text-banning laws within two years of the bill's passage could lose 25 percent of their federal highway funds, Schumer said in a news conference announcing the legislation. The non-compliant states could recuperate that money once they meet the text-banning standards, Schumer added.

The Federal Government has no business making traffic laws. We have states and municipal governments who are better judges of what they need in their areas than the U.S. Senate. This is a typical Democrat statist overreach and should be quickly shot down.

Am I in favor of texting while driving? No. But my local governments can handle that decision without help from Chuckie Schumer and his Nanny State Band.