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jim rozen
 
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Default OT - Those *#?%$^& Drivers With Cellphones

In article , Carl Byrns says...

Already done in New York- you cna only use a hands-free cell phone or
headset. Cops rarely pull over a driver for driving & talking (the
courts would be backlogged for decades) unless the driver is all over
the road or has kids in the car, but will issue a ticket if a driver
is using a cell phone and causes an accident (which carries additional
legal ramifications and penalties).


It will be a seat-belt law kind of thing in NY I bet, Carl. At first
when they passed the seatbelt law, they never enforced it. Now the
big deal is, they run traffic checks (mostly on freeway on-ramps)
and if you don't have the belt on, they write you up. Enforcement
was phased in gradually and folks actually got the message, pretty
soon the stops will quit producing revenue. So they'll have to
switch to something else.

Next will be hand-held cell phones.

Jim


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