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