Get tough on texting drivers

Re Don’t even touch your phone if you’re driving, Sept. 28 The rules and law regarding using a hand-held electronic device is not strong enough to deter people. I constantly see people talking on the phone while driving.

We have a law whereby the police can confiscate/impound your vehicle on the spot for several days if you exceed the speed limit by 50 km/h. With a substantial fine, towing charges, storage charges, and administration charge, you can get your vehicle back. That is quite a deterrent. We should have a similar law that the police can impound your electronic device for seven days, and then you can claim it seven days later with a fine, storage charges, handling/ administration charge.

How many people can live without their device for one day, let alone seven days. This I believe would vastly reduce the number of people using their devices while driving and reduce fatalities.

Willfried Gerlach, Toronto There was a man riding his bike one recent morning in Rosedale (Glen Road and Elm) at approximately 8:20 checking his cellphone and driving with no hands on the handle bars. When I asked him if he was aware of how nervous he was making drivers, he blew me off.

When is the City of Toronto going to realize that bikes need to have a license plate so that we can identify reckless bicyclists? I spend my entire day on the road and rarely see a bicyclist stop at red lights, stop signs, turning vehicles or pedestrians. Why give them bike lanes when they refuse to adhere by the rules of the road? I am sick of it.

Tina Conidis, Toronto