Posted on 11/17/2005 2:58:17 AM PST by paudio
THE ARMY has banned the use of cell phones by drivers at all of its Hawaii bases, a policy that includes headsets and hands-free devices.
It's a policy that state lawmakers shied away from adopting this past legislative session.
The policy memorandum was signed on Nov. 7 by Maj. Gen. Benjamin Mixon, commanding general of the 25th Infantry Division, whose jurisdiction covers Army posts that include Schofield Barracks, Tripler Army Medical Center and Fort Shafter.
Stefanie Gardin, Army spokeswoman, said Mixon's cell phone ban centered on "safety."
"Every day, thousands of soldiers and civilians are on our streets," Gardin said. "Whether they're drivers or pedestrians, they have a right to the safest environment possible. The new cell phone policy helps ensure their safety by limiting additional distractions to motorists."
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Does it mean a driver cannot talk to passenger(s) in the car?
Get these jerks off the road.
The best bumper sticker I have seen states:
Hang Up. And Drive.
Get these jerks off the road.
The best bumper sticker I have seen states:
Hang Up. And Drive.
Tests have generally shown that the hands free cell phones are not any less distracting to drivers than the clasp-to-your-ear kind. I don't think they cotton to the idea of the liability problem they would be.
CYA
gag a cat act
BTW, I SPEED ... BIG TIME, but, I watch the mirrors,k and signal.
That's that little thingy on the left side of my steering colunm in my Corvette.
I hope this includes Generals as well I wouldn't want any double standards here.
I see some Army officers have too much time on their hands. A TDY to Iraq might change their priorities.
I see interstate convoys coming/going from Ft. Bragg all the time. At least 1/2 the drivers are yacking on a phone.
I don't have a problem with it when they are in a convoy like that.
What is there to yack about when you are a convoy driver?
Your screen name hurts my eyes.
Talking to girlfriends?
What's more it's impossible to tell him from AGTTGTATTGATAACACTATCTCAACG
aside from the obvious idiot drivers, they may be experimenting with a cell phone frequency detector to find remotely activated ied's or car bombs...
Could this be the alternative FR user ID that 'MD4BUSH' uses???
Does this also included two-way radios? A little overboard, isn't it?
Your screen name sounds like when I was a kid and we were playing war. My machine gun went "AGTTGTATTGAAAACACTATCTCAACG"
It's a great song too - by Jimmy Thackery.
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