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On Sep 24, 4:54 am, "C. E. White" <cewhi...@removemindspring.com>
wrote:
> My SO and I walked past a Police Cruiser on Saturday. As we were
> passing the car I looked in. Inside the car there was a laptop on a
> stand facing the driver, 2 two-way radios, a normal entertainment
> radio, a radar unit, and a cell phone. Compared to a Soccer mom on a
> cellphone, just how dangerous are Police officers driving multimedia
> police cars?

They'd like to believe they are specially trained.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070924/news_1n24tech.html

>
> Ed
>
> "Scott in SoCal" <scottenazt...@yahoo.com> wrote in messagenews:7b9df3h77m22lcgp0tjb19r7dua5shcq2q@4ax.com...
>
>
>
> > Shawn Hirn <s...@comcast.net> said in misc.consumers:
>
> >>Good luck with that! I live in NJ where the use of handheld cell
> >>phones
> >>while driving was banned last year. A similar ban has been in place
> >>in
> >>New York State for at least two years. Despite these bans I see
> >>inattentive drivers yapping on handheld cell phones all the time in
> >>my
> >>home area and when I visit New York. I hate seeing people yapping on
> >>their cell phone while driving too, but the reality is, California's
> >>new
> >>ban on driving while using a handheld cell phone is probably
> >>unenforceable and will mostly be ignored.
>
> > I suspect it will be like the seat belt law or the front license
> > plate
> > law: not enough by itself to get you pulled over, but if you get
> > into
> > an accident it will be one of the many charges that they will heap
> > onto your docket.
>
> >>I am sure when the law first
> >>starts up, a few people will be fined for violating the new ban, but
> >>don't hold your breath that it will improve the driving conditions
> >>in CA.
>
> > I don't think ANYTHING we do is going to improve the driving
> > conditions in CA. There are far too many arrogant assholes here (and
> > far too many more streaming in every year) for things to ever get
> > better.
>
> >>I agree that having a cell phone is very beneficial. I too do not
> >>allow
> >>myself to be a slave to cell phone or my landline phone.
>
> > I don't even HAVE a landline phone. It was a waste of money and I
> > never used it, so away it went. I haven't missed it since.

Just don't call for emergency services:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20070826-0236-ca-911delays.html

jg
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