You are about to commit a distraction infraction

[The Scribe]

In today's column Julius Muller takes issue with a newly enacted ordinance in East Tawas allowing drivers to be written tickets for distracted driving.

Comparing modern-day law makers to the monarchial administration of King Louis XIV of France, Muller worries we've given too much power to the state, let alone the cop on the beat. You see, law enforcers will be the ones to decide if your driving was distracted. As the law is written, that could be by any number of things, including but not limited to drinking, smoking, eating or texting.

Thought behind the ordinance - that talking on cell phones causes too many accidents and driving infractions - is one Muller seems to agree with.

But the wording is too broad, according to Muller. Like King Louis before them, Muller fears today's rule makers will use the law to fine drivers for innocuous infractions.

What do you say?