New Cell Phone Law

[Ron61]

Just reading in today's paper about California's new cell phone law. You can't drive with a cell phone in your hand but you can text message and dial and that is ok. Now that doesn't make sense to me as a person has to be looking at the darn thing to push the buttons and it is ok to hold it in their hands while doing this according to the way the paper presented the law. So if they presented the whole thing and it is factual, all they have done is make it illegal to talk with one in your hand, but you can look down to push buttons and dial or text message. That seems to me it would be more dangerous than having them hold the darn things to their ear and talk. At least that way the can look out the windshield though from the wrecks around here with them I don't think they do.

Another great CHP thing going on here right now. Due to the increase in car thefts they have started planting cars with GPS and cameras in them and leaving the keys in so they can catch the person stealing the car. They have a picture in today's paper of a guy that took one of them and you can see his face quite clearly. Problem is that was 5 months ago and they still haven't caught him, but they did recover their car. Also reported is a huge increase of confrontations at gas stations with people not paying or draining a cars tank while the owner is in line inside to pay. Things are going down hill rather fast around here.

Ron

[4RE KLR]

Ron,
They are drilling holes in the bottom of tanks here to steal the fuel.

OOPs didn't mean to hijack the thread.

We need the cell phone law here as well. At least it is a start.

[J. T. Toad]

Ron,
What could you expect when our lawmakers have this mentality....

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[Great Asp]

Hi Ron,

Pretty common now?

people using a battery powered saw-sal to cut off the cats off trucks and SUVs (there is enough clearance to get under the vehicle) and selling them (platinum, rhodium and palladium) for scrap.

E

[imagine2frolic]

Several months ago my converter worked tripled. All due to them being cut off in shopping mall parking lots.

[Ron61]

I am afraid this type of stuff is just going to increase. I see more and more of the doper type driving up and down the streets looking over houses and property. They will even stop and get out and walk up to the fence and stand and look everything over right out in the daylight in front of everyone. So far the only break ins around here have been houses with no alarms, dogs, or NRA signs. I even watched three Jehovah Witnesses walk up to my driveway gates a short time ago and spend about 5 minutes looking at the alarm and No Trespassing signs and then one of them pointed to the NRA sticker and they walked off.
I fear that the world as we knew it when younger no longer exists.

Ron

[trularin]

So, I heard they had a "Seat Belt check" along one of the roads.

Before you get to the police checking the drivers, there is a sign explaining why there is a huge slowdown. I can not for the life of me understand how they could have found anyone that did not have there seat belt on.

I suppose there are those that would not buckle up even after they read a sign telling them there is a seat belt check ahead.

[Ron61]

Tru,

It is the same with the DUI checkpoints. They will advertise for two days prior to setting them up just where and when they are going to be checking cars and it never fails that they will still arrest at least three people who were driving drunk. They either can't read or just don't comprehend what it means.

Ron

[4RE KLR]

When we were in Florida, there was a sign on the side of the road. It was one of those digital City signs they pull behind a city truck out for emergency road repairs.

The sign read:
"Turn here for ticket"

You would not believe how many stupid people there are that would drive across the median to get a ticket. Besides, a ticket to what? is what I thought. When we went over the top of the hill there were about forty or fifty cars lined up. The police were at the front of the lines giving them all tickets. For what? Crossing the median.

True story!

Ron,
There are a lot of people here now that are starting companies to watch your cars and property at night. It is sort of like the Neighborhood crime watch, only these guys are paid to watch your property. They are not considered "security" and are not armed, and they are not licensed. When there is an issue they call 911 and ring the bell and wake you up to shot the perp.

[Joe Wicked]

Originally Posted by trularin

So, I heard they had a "Seat Belt check" along one of the roads.

Before you get to the police checking the drivers, there is a sign explaining why there is a huge slowdown. I can not for the life of me understand how they could have found anyone that did not have there seat belt on.

I suppose there are those that would not buckle up even after they read a sign telling them there is a seat belt check ahead.

There is a reason that the darwin awards continue to happen every year. Remember Mother nature does not reward the best genes, but rather rewards the most prolific breeders. Due to all of the advances we have, the dumb are not dying off as fast and are breeding faster than any other group. As a result, the average IQ is dropping like a rock in a pond.

[Ron61]

Steve,

Now that is quite a sign. I can't believe people can be so dumb at times. However I am surprised that some person didn't sue and claim entrapment. They tried that here in Redding after some fool got arrested at one of the DUI check points and he was really drunk, not just a little over the limit. Thankfully they got a judge who has little sympathy for stupidity I believe was the way he worded it and since then there have been no law suits over getting arrested in one of those check points.

Joe,

Due to all of the advances we have, the dumb are not dying off as fast.

Are you trying to say that I keep defying the odds??

Ron

[wtm442]

Cell phone use is very dangerous. I refuse to answer or make a call while driving.

A couple of days ago, a trolley train in Boston rear-ended another train stopped on the tracks. Even though the speed limit for the train was 35 MPH in that area, the front five feet of the train was totaled. What a mess. About 20 people were injured, and the driver was killed.

The NTSB is investigating, and they think that that the driver was talking on her cell phone. Of course, cell phone usage is strictly forbidden by the transportation authority.

OK, now all you rude hijackers can go back to converter theft and gasoline scams.

[wtm442]

Originally Posted by trularin

So, I heard they had a "Seat Belt check" along one of the roads.

We have a seat belt law here in Taxachusetts, but you have to be pulled over for another reason to get a ticket. The police cannot legally stop you for just the non-usage of a seat belt.


How many excuses does a policeman need to pull you over. They can make one up, so I always wear my seat belt.

Ooops, looks like I'm a hijacker too.

[Joe Wicked]

Naa you are not one of the dumb. Some of the people I have to deal with here at work take the cake. Not only the dumb customers, but IT is in that mix. They are currently installing a program that blocks all email except internal to prevent viruses. Most communications from our customers is via email. They also just implemented a new web portal for our customers (old one worked fine, new one is "prettier"), but changed everyones login and password, took away the admins ability to load/delete files, and implemented it with no testing and no warning. They don't understand why we are so angry. We have customers whose business has been shut down all week due to this and are submitting fines per the contract. ITs response is to put in a ticket and we will get to it.

[Ron61]

Joe,

That sounds about like the phone companies were back in the stone age when I was working for them. If you have something that is working well, replace it with a dish or transmitter that has more gadgets and may work 50% of the time. Dam, what ever happened to KISS. Now they can't even leave the regular e-mail programs alone. As soon as one starts to work, they come out with a new one that has flowers and junk you can put in them and it takes years to get them to work. That is why I told them to change me back to my old program or I would find another provider as I am sick of the continual improved e-mail programs that won't work. If it works, leave it alone in a case like this.

Ron

[Ronbo]

Some years back the Sheriff in Daytona placed signs on I-95 that said "drug checkpoint ahead", then pulled over all the cars making illegal U-turns...

Somewhere along the line a judge shut it down as endangerment as a couple accidents occured from the U-turns.

Not to mention the court was probably not happy with the flood of people getting dragged in for a couple roaches in the ashtray. I don't recall it ever resulting in any major trafficing busts.

[bomelia]

Anybody noticed the price of diesel? Its almost $1 higher than regular gas. That does it for me... no powerstroke in my cobra.

Mike

[J. T. Toad]

Originally Posted by bomelia

Anybody noticed the price of diesel? Its almost $1 higher than regular gas. That does it for me... no powerstroke in my cobra.

Mike

But Mike! What about your 80 MPG?

[Wayne Maybury]

The law was just changed here a few weeks ago so now only hands free cell phones can be used while driving. I actually liked using the hands free setup that came with my phone. It is certainly a lot easier to answer incoming calls.

It appears that most of the population either didn't hear that the law was changed or else they are waiting until they get a ticket before they stop using their cell phones while driving.

Wayne

[Ron61]

Wayne,

Even with hands free how do you text message and keep your eyes on the road? I see people looking down in their laps and then they will lift the phone up. Maybe a voice controlled phone that you just tell it what you want sent and to whom and it will do it.

Ron