Not content with driving away a sizable percentage of manufacturing and retail establishments in the city, some idiots want to drive away even more businesses:
An influential group of aldermen today proposed an ordinance that would require all cell phones sold in Chicago to include a feature allowing parents to block their children from texting while driving.
The legislation would require that all new cell phones and "mobile communication devices" purchased in the city beginning next year include the capability to disable the texting function if the device is used in a vehicle traveling more than five miles per hour.
Ald. Edward Burke, 14th, one of the co-sponsors, said the proposal would save lives by allowing parents to take away a major source of distraction for teenage drivers.
Here's another way to can remove distractions from your kids - raise them correctly. We've tried this and it actually works. And you don't lose any businesses.