Hands Free Laws!!!! - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

BigFish · 03-17-2006, 06:49 PM

Again...the problem is not a hands issue...it is an issue with people paying attention.

MAC · 03-17-2006, 06:54 PM

I agree, but where do ya draw the line. Will the next thing be no coffee while driving? No smoking while driving? No picking your nose while driving? No talking to a passanger while driving? Sometimes it seems like big brother is being too over protective. After all we do live in a democracy..

BigFish · 03-17-2006, 07:01 PM

Point is when people talk on the phone....they zone out...get tunnel vision......it happens to everyone whether you choose to believe it or not. The guy I saw pull out in traffic today had a look on his face like "Hey, what the hell am I doing in the middle of this street....that car almost hit me!".......oh well....it doesn't really matter what I think anyway.....friggin politicians are gonna vote with whatever makes their stocks rise!

MAC · 03-17-2006, 07:04 PM

Same thing happens to some people when they listen to the radio while driving.

Slipknot · 03-17-2006, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by MAC

I agree, but where do ya draw the line. Will the next thing be no coffee while driving? No smoking while driving? No picking your nose while driving? No talking to a passanger while driving? Sometimes it seems like big brother is being too over protective. After all we do live in a democracy..

Mac, you can drive barefoot but it's already a law that you can't drive while eating

MAC · 03-17-2006, 07:19 PM

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Mac, you can drive barefoot but it's already a law that you can't drive while eating

Actually no, unless they changed the laws. Your feet have to be covered.

Slipknot · 03-17-2006, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by MAC

Actually no, unless they changed the laws. Your feet have to be covered.

oh
don't mind me I'm stupid today
thank God it's friday

MAC · 03-17-2006, 07:27 PM

don't mind me either, I'm just cranky tonite.

vineyardblues · 03-17-2006, 07:29 PM

I hate to say this, but it was a law that they (I) pulled cars over for and that was drinking and driving, soda /water /coffee etc era 70's
Today people thing beer etc that would now called DUI
It still may be a law ?
VB

ps as for cell phones, sorry Larry , I hate when I see a teenager driving talking

VB

mrmacey · 03-18-2006, 03:00 AM

playing with your AM FM Radio has caused more rear end accidents than cell phones its no different talking on nextel two way than truckers talking on c bs I think they should get the drinking and driving under control before they add all these other laws its just my opinion another way to collect money for cities and towns same with the seat belt law yea it saves lives but when is enough is enough of being told what to do live free!!!

How about police, fireman, cabs, if its hands free it should be for everyone right eating is another issue,coffeee whats next think of all the new fines put in place over the last few years frig all these scam laws put a toll booth in each town and just take it from us Im sick to death of all these stupid rules.

I just drove through South Boston there are signs everywhere evacuation route if you cant figure out the bomb went off over there you better go the other way then somethings wrong what a waste of money most likely they would ticket your ass for not going the way they told you to go.

Logan airport tolls $3.00 for a regular car $4.50 for a commercial same car give me a break they figure well we can so why not.

Politians make me sick they sit up there on the hill with nothing better to do than figure ways to get more money from the public and then sneak the raises through the house for them selves.

Go to logan at 3 in the morning and see how many police cars are sitting details on the expressway orange cones everywhere blocking the road then 3 deep in police sheriff and municipal cop blocking it what cones and 1 cop car wont do the trick got to be pretty stupid to go through it or is it another way to scam the public into paying more cop overtime?

I could go on and on about these rules there putting in place is the ultimate reasoning saftey or is it a hidden agenda that the polititians put in place in safteys name. HMMMMM think about it!!!

How can they "the public argue" "we the polititians" will just say it will save lives its for your saftey they cant say anything but agree with us they will all happily open there wallets and pay the new fines okay now that thats settled lets all go have our review meeting at the Union Oyster house we can all have Lobster dinner and drinks the general public is paying LOL!!

seabass · 03-18-2006, 03:00 PM

I just got a hands free unit

and now I don't have to put the paper down everytime the damn phone rings

Pete_G · 03-17-2006, 07:46 PM

If people just had some common sense as to when to use their phone and when NOT to use their phone we wouldn't even need laws like this.

Intense driving you don't use your phone. Trying to make a challenging left? Might be time to hang up. Back roads by yourself? No problem...

spence · 03-17-2006, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Pete_G

Intense driving you don't use your phone. Trying to make a challenging left? Might be time to hang up. Back roads by yourself? No problem...

Pete, get a real job

-spence

Swimmer · 03-18-2006, 12:32 PM

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.

Swimmer · 03-19-2006, 11:15 AM

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.