I heard on the radio the other day that the police can only pull a vehicle over if there is another infraction like speeding and if the officer sees a hand held electronic device in the drivers reach then he can write a ticket for DWT.
I heard on the radio the other day that the police can only pull a vehicle over if there is another infraction like speeding and if the officer sees a hand held electronic device in the drivers reach then he can write a ticket for DWT.
Oh I'd LOVE for them to try that one ... "within reach" ... PLEASE ... ticket me. Comon, I double dog dare ya!
Vivat Jesus Knights of Columbus, Fourth Degree In Him, all things are possible
...suck suck suck...Now that his wife no longer is part of the school board cabal, he has time to write suckup letters more often I guess, when not bailing his responsible son out for armed robbery.
...suck suck suck...Now that his wife no longer is part of the school board cabal, he has time to write suckup letters more often I guess, when not bailing his responsible son out for armed robbery.
i got the school board part but story on the rest ... please
Of course everyone, by now, has heard that text messaging while driving a car is dangerous and dumb. But just how dangerous and dumb is it? According to a major new study of long-haul truck drivers whose cabs were outfitted with video cameras and observed for 18 months, texting increases the risk of having a collision by a factor of 23. That’s 2,300 percent! By comparison, the odds of having a collision while driving drunk are only four times greater. Not surprisingly, one day after the report was released — and made the subject of a frontpage story in The New York Times — legislation was introduced by New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, among others, that would withhold federal highway aid from any state that doesn’t outlaw texting while driving within two years. (This is the method the feds used 25 years ago to force states to raise their drinking ages.) As we’ve noted in the past, laws that ban this dangerous, dumb practice are well-meaning and can’t do much harm, but they can’t do much good, either, because they’re hard to enforce. As a local cop recently lamented about Schenectady County’s new law, it’s difficult to tell, unless he’s inside the car or standing just outside it, whether a motorist is texting, hitting the redial button to make a phone call or surfing the Web. And since the latter two activities aren’t expressly forbidden, good luck trying to make charges of texting while driving stick in court. (Consequently, the cops haven’t been bothering.) Indeed, the Times reported yesterday that the Governors Highway Safety Association, which is against texting while driving, opposes the idea of a law for exactly this reason: unenforceability. What would, in effect, be a national textingwhile-driving ban would probably capture the public’s attention on this issue better than the county-by-county, or even state-by-state, approach. So it might reduce instances of it, as well as some accidents. But only when lawmakers address all the hazards associated with driving while distracted — whether it’s texting, reading the paper, brushing one’s hair — and convince cops that such behavior behind the wheel is worth stopping, is there much chance of making roads truly safer.
I cant not believe that you are a adult talking like this....you sound so stupid. On second thought i would have a screen name too.
Unfortunately, I never saw your reply mr gage ... you think I sound stupid, I think this law is stupid, unenforceable and a waste of paper to print it on. Ask your buddies how that first ticket is going .. judge drop it yet?
Within reach, indeed.
Vivat Jesus Knights of Columbus, Fourth Degree In Him, all things are possible
People are getting shot in the streets and yet we (our leaders) are concerned with an unenforceable law! Ridiculous! IMHO
Thank God will still have the SPD to stop dangerous criminals running loose on our streets. The fact that Tom Bellick is for this speaks volumes. He learned nothing from his wife's humilating defeat? Enforce existing laws before enacting more nanny nonsense.
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Thank God will still have the SPD to stop dangerous criminals running loose on our streets. The fact that Tom Bellick is for this speaks volumes. He learned nothing from his wife's humilating defeat? Enforce existing laws before enacting more nanny nonsense.
