Posted on 11/02/2014 11:34:16 AM PST by jiggyboy
1. The panhandler on the corner
Canadian cops dress up as panhandlers in order to get up close and personal with drivers. Officers in Ontario and British Columbia have slipped on hoodies, donned baseball caps and clutched tattered cardboard signs (complete with misspellings) before hitting busy street corners.
Their cardboard signs offer an upbeat message on one side and a clear warning on the other. One read, "My name is Constable Mike Cairns. If you are reading this sign you are about to get a cell phone ticket."
2. The trucker in the next lane
Last year, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo committed $1 million toward putting modified Chevy Tahoes on the road that sit higher than other vehicles.
3. The spotter on the overpass
NHTSA recently awarded $2.3 million to Connecticut so that towns there could experiment with various high-visibility enforcement measures, including overpass spying.
4. Your own cellphone records
This is not a commonly used tactic unless you have been involved in a car accident that resulted in an injury or death.
5. You, staring at your own lap
Drivers busy with their phones tend to be obvious. They drive slowly, hesitate at lights and are prone to weaving. Display any of these behaviors and there is a good chance you will be pulled over.
6. And now, the texting detector
A Virginia company called ComSonics is developing a radar gun-like device that detects the radio frequencies that are emitted from a vehicle when someone is using a cellphone.
(Excerpt) Read more at autos.yahoo.com ...
I drive locally every day. I make at least two trips with multiple stops. At LEAST once a trip, I’m stuck behind some minivan driving, yoga pant wearing, latte drinking, idiot holding up the line of traffic at a light because she can’t put her damn phone down. Most recently (today) I was watching this one mosey down the parking lot not looking up from her phone. Finally someone banged on her windshield as she approached a bunch of pedestrians and she acted upset..
I try to stay out of the left lane, and I don’t text.
Now if I can just figure out why my turn signal seems to be on all the time.........
“Their cardboard signs offer an upbeat message on one side and a clear warning on the other. One read, “My name is Constable Mike Cairns. If you are reading this sign you are about to get a cell phone ticket.”
Then why are you allowing the bums to stand at street corners and hold up signs?
In these parts, we have a heavy hispanic demographic - and they Mext just as much as the honkies Text....I hadn’t realized that you could text in Spanish.
LOL I can’t text in Spanish.
Hey I bought the new i-phone 6 and I can’t text in spanish
Dr. can I play basketball after my surgery.
Sure
Funny I couldn’t play before.
Oldie but goodie.
reading number 2 reminds me the CHP is in the process of coverting all patrol to SUVs.
I have seen the look of panic on a persons face when their cell rang (toned?) and they couldn’t get to it fast enough.
When I don’t answer my cell, my son looks at me as if I am violating a law. I just turn it off so we can converse. I usually turn it off when I meet someone.
I remember going to work or leaving the house for any reason, before cells, and coming home without any anxiety about missed calls and that pre-dates my voice mail recorder.
OMG!!!!!!
Yeah, I’ve also noticed that everyone who drives slower than I do is an idiot, and anyone driving faster is a maniac! < VBEG >
Most cops could not care less what you are doing in your car.
Too much trouble.
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Voice recognition texting is not any more distracting than a lot of other things we might do while driving. Lets say you have a couple of candy bars in the right seat that you want to devour. First you have to look over at the bag, take one out of the bag, unwrap it, and then eat it. Then you have dispose of the wrapper after you are done. Uh oh, you got chocolate on your fingers and a little bit around your lips. So you go looking for something to wipe it off with. Ah ha, there is an old napkin on the passenger side floor, time to reach over and get it.
To voice recognition text you need to find the number in your contacts, select it, press the voice recognition button, talk into it, check that it is correct, then press send. Done.
Being a good driver means developing good driving habits. Following all traffic regulations and being courteous are good habits. Unfortunately, more and more drivers, many from other countries that are not attuned to safe driving, become hazards when they take to the road. Adding to this, many people are easily distracted by nature. This is why I stay home.
Cops who drive around banging away on their computers are going to target distracted drivers. Irony at its finest.
A few weeks ago I had to swerve out of my lane because a cop was typing into his computer while driving and drifted across WAY into my lane.
Oh. That was YOU?
Just because something is repeated over and over does not make it true.
One thing that isn’t discussed is the impact cell phones have on parking lots. When I go to a store these days, I see so many people just sitting in their cars, talking on the phone or texting, taking up a space. It’s noticeably more difficult to find a space to park at many stores I frequent.
Maybe in 1990. Even my antique flip phone will look through contacts by voice command.
But, after you have pulled over.
I am not averse to enforcement on this particular issue. This will actually save REAL lives.
No "leaning" here...
Just like laws against dealing drugs, or carjacking, or any other activity involving cars, which are often deadly, as far as I'm concerned, the more severe, the better.
I never engage in any of those activities...
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