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What about the people scrounging for tokens while going 75 down the backside of the Newport bridge instead of just waiting till they get to the booth.I've seen some close ones at the curve nearing the bottom.
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Way to go Larry, now about headphones
Chapter 90/13/a (8) says "while operating a motor vehicle, did wear headphones that were not being used for communication in connection with controlling the course or movement of such vehicle".....
The only reason a person can wear headphones while driving is to guide large oversize loads while driving the lead vehicle, the following vehicle, or the truck hauling the oversized load. Headphone or headphones are one in the same they are illegal. Single or double. Larry is right in that the overriding singular responsibility of driving safely while operating a motor vehicle is driving safely has become secondary and now given way to given way to where can I get the best reception while I'm talking to my friend, boss, subordinate, or whatever. I get more calls from people who want to report some drunk all over the road in front of me. The drunk when stopped is actually a very sober person who just happens to be chatting with his friend, boss, or subordinate. What about the gals (or guys) who have their left shoulder scrunched up against the left side of the head, while talking on the cell phone, who is turning left, and eating a blueberry muffin. It wouldn't be so bad if people wouldn't forget their primary purpose while driving. We used to worry about drinking from an open container of alcohol, but talking on the phone, eating, and probably drinking a coffee all at the same time is much worse. The only legitimate answer I see is voice activated cell phones. Headphones or earpieces just don't cut it. I have followed people trying to pull them over who have these articles in their ears with siren on who just dont hear anything else. Many people need this technology in their cars for work purposes, so you'd think that the voice activated phones would have taken off by now. |
Scams Rules
Mr. Macey the only reason the politicians consider enacting these liberty infringing rules is because of the residents of Massachusetts call and complain about the erractic driving behavior of their fellow citizens to the legislators. I find it diifcult to believe that someone like yourself who is on the road as much as you are doesn't have encounters with some of these errant drivers.
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I just got a hands free unit :rolleyes: and now I don't have to put the paper down everytime the damn phone rings :rolleyes:
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I do
And it dont bother me I have paitents what bothers me is the drunks out there heres a solution to all our problems money and eratic behavoir.
0.0 tolerance $5000.00 fine for having alcohol on your breath I dont care if its a glass of wine with dinner you get pulled over and breathalized 0.1 you owe $5000.00 no ifs and or butts Loose your licence for 5 years that would stem a lot of problems we complain all the time people are getting killed everyday not because of cell phones but because there hammered you can go in a bar and have 2-3 beers and think its all right to drive home no its not!!! get real with the real problems out there go to a patriots game and see what pulls out that parking lot my god the cops just wave them by but get caught with a cell phone aginst your head or a headphone on one ear your going to get a fine Please wake up and attack the real problems of our society whats a matter politicians wouldnt be able to go to there favorite watering hole for a few after work no we cant do that now senator I might get in trouble driving home not one Guy that drinks is going to like this idea because 99.9% are giuilty of it even one beer after boating all day in a parking lot $5000.00 dollar fine Loss of licence 5 years. My family,friends and yours are at risk everytime they get in a car with this Problem but God eat a cheeseburger and they want to Hang you!!!!! |
Agreed. And you should see what staggers INTO the stadium. AFC championship game. I was talking to a Security guard as the players warmed up before a game. A guy so sloshed that he fell on his keester, took a swing at me. Instantly arrested and missed the game. I'm not a tea-totaler by far, but we gotta get priorities in order. If he hadn't been busted, who was driving? Gawd, the stuff that you must see, Mr.M!
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I find the problem has nothing to do with talking on my part.
What the killer is when I am looking at the phone trying to make the call, I am all over like a drunk! Once the dialing is done, I am fine. |
Macojoe,,,Thats why you need the hands off phone..You can just pre program your numbers in and then say the name you want to dial and it does it automatically...
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I think I have that ??
But don't know how to use?? But don't you still have to hit a button to get in that mode??:gf: :gf: |
I,m not sure..I dont have it on my phone..Have another one coming that has it on it,,,I will let you know...:btu:
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Ok read the book, on the side of my phone I have a button, After I record the name in the phone, all I have to do is flip the phone open, push button, say name, and it will dial.
Still have a little to do but its better then trying to dial by memory and driving all over the road!!;) |
How did people live 15 - 20 years ago without cell phones ???:huh:
Now you go to to eat, go to church, go to school ect...... and the phones are ringing !!!! I can't imagine what it must be like to be a teacher trying to teach a class while his/ her 4th grade students are answering phone calls !!! My daughter is in 4th grade and I have asked her if this goes on, and she says , yes !!! I told her, she can't have a phone till she gets a part time job and can pay the bill !! |
My son got a cell phone last year, when he turned 18, my daughter will get one in another 16 months when she turns 18.
They get them in there own name and learn to deal with the bills! Both have been working since they were 15 years old, and I still would not do it for them. As for me, I am just a phone junkie and I pay my bill so its ok for me :laughs: |
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But at the same time, for many laws I like to apply the old "the gov't should protect me from others, not from myself". This is why a seatbelt law, to me, seems retarded. If I don't want to wear a seat belt during the MOST dangerous thing most of us do every day and put myself in further danger, so be it. Personally I always wear mine, but if somebody doesn't wear there's it's not going to hurt me. The challenge in argueing against a cell phone law is that it is a known fact that using the phone while driving impairs your driving skills. Some people more, some less. Is the risk to me from a drunk versus an idiot distracted by their cellphone that different? And which is a more prevelant behavior? I'm dodging people with cell phones driving poorly on a VERY regular basis these days. The cause is different, the results are the same. A hazard to others on the road. I'd vote no on a law like this, but I'd have to admit that I'd have trouble building an arguement against it other then claiming it was a revenue source. |
I think
The girl putting on makeup while driving should be a $5000.00 fine too!! considered driving to endanger. impound there car right on the spot sell it at auction to pay the fine.
Put me as Govenor we would be the richest state in the country forget these nuisance fines go get them make them pay. By the way we are all informed about Drunk Driving if you kill someone while drinking I wouldnt care if its 1 beer! Life in prison no exceptions First Degree MURDER!! you knew what you where you doing you knew what the outcome would be!! PRE Meditated First Degree Murder!! if you drive with alcohol on your breath. |
All the same problem
Mr. Macey everyone obeys the laws they like and disobeys the laws they dont like or respect. Some people drink and drive, some dont. It kind of like following the person down the road thats doing exactly the posted speed, say 35 m.p.h., and needless to say you get a little agravated. The same person drives straight as a die, uses the blinker when necessary and then drives right through intersection where there is a stop sign and blinking red light. As far as people driving from Gillette three sheets to the wind, erractic operation has to be observed before a stop can be made. otherwise any attorney would get a dwi thrown out. Then their is always the judges to contend with. I once saw a person found guilty of 4th offense dwi by a jury and while the jury was still in the room reduced the charge to 1st offense and placed the person in the program. Cops take people to court all the time only to see charges dismissed and thrown out not because of a bad report or anything the officer did, but simply because the judges in Massachusetts are the best defense attorneys criminal dont have to hire. I agree fine everybody $5000.00, but find a judge willing to fine anyone first before you expect a judge to fine them at a higher level. I see attorneys look at prosecutors in court and when the prosecutor tells the attorney what he is offering the attorney for the defendant looks at the prosecutor and says arrogantly I'll get less than that from the judge and he does, because all attorneys are brothers. They make the rules and subvert the system as best they can for their clients, and then the defense attorneys have an award ceremony at the end of the year and always pick their favorite (see lenient) judge/s for the top prize(just as they did for the judge that reduced the sentence for the nanny who shook the kid to death 5 or 6 years ago. I understand just where your coming from as far as the little laws as opposed to the more serious laws, but it truly is all the same problem.
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I think they need to enforce the laws already in place before coming up with new laws. RI used to give tickets for "Failure to maintain control of the vehicle". That law covers a whole bunch of stuff!Talking on your cell phone when you hit the house? Failure to maintain control. Reaching for a fry when you hit the guy in front of you? Failure to maintain control.
Enforce whats in place first! |
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