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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?

Ed

"Scott in SoCal" <scottenaztlan@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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> Shawn Hirn <srhi@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.
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