City announces cell phone ban.

xiggi · Mar 28, 2012

Takes it to extremes IMHO.

http://m.cbsnews.com/postwatch.rbml?pageType=video&cbsID=7403548

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Opel2010 · Mar 28, 2012

xiggi said:
Takes it to extremes IMHO.

I wonder what's gonna be next... no talk to the passenger(s) while driving?

LDB · Mar 28, 2012

Time to tear a page out of the atlas. And yes, talking to the passenger is even more distracting than talking on a hands free device but that will be beyond the comprehension of some.

cableguymn · Mar 28, 2012

LDB said:
Time to tear a page out of the atlas. And yes, talking to the passenger is even more distracting than talking on a hands free device but that will be beyond the comprehension of some.

I have a bluetooth car radio.. no ear piece, no nothing. It looks like I am talking to myself when I am using it.

No Mr Officer, I was not on the phone. I talk to myself all the time. I also answer myself and I am an expediter.. Do you think I should see a doctor?

chefdennis · Mar 28, 2012

Chapel Hill NC, home to the University of North Carolina...a bastion of liberal education and progressive idealism...see any parallel......

Opel2010 · Mar 28, 2012

cableguymn said:
No Mr Officer, I was not on the phone. I talk to myself all the time. I also answer myself and I am an expediter.. Do you think I should see a doctor?

And what if that po will ask for your cell phone to check your last call?

usaf6186 · Mar 29, 2012

I bet the cops still use theirs. almost evertime I see a cop car the driver is on a cell phone, Jerry Lee.

asjssl · Mar 29, 2012

All the Leo's I see cruising around are plunking away on there laptops as there driving....

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Marty · Mar 29, 2012

Cops also run red lights and speed.

Slo-Ride · Mar 29, 2012

LDB said:
Time to tear a page out of the atlas. And yes, talking to the passenger is even more distracting than talking on a hands free device but that will be beyond the comprehension of some.

Last time the hands free topic was talked about here, I was against it and was avoiding them.Then based on what I think Turtle and maybe OVM said was just deal with it, I gave it a try.. Now I am convinced that the I find the hands free device way more distracting then the simply cell phone call ever was.. Including the fact that I now have more chargers and devices floating around the truck..I don't like em one bit.. I see nothing hands free about them..They seem to complicate a phone call at times.

Monty · Mar 29, 2012

Getcha one of these .....

https://www.cobra.com/detail/29-ltd-bt-with-bluetooth-wireless-technology.cfm

cableguymn · Mar 29, 2012

Opel2010 said:
And what if that po will ask for your cell phone to check your last call?

sorry sir. Your going to need a warrant for that.

Opel2010 · Mar 29, 2012

cableguymn said:
sorry sir. Your going to need a warrant for that.

They can get one in a flash... trust me, my bro is one of 'em

cableguymn · Mar 29, 2012

Opel2010 said:
They can get one in a flash... trust me, my bro is one of 'em

ya.. and I can master reset my phone while he is getting it. i'm gonna make um work for their fine.

easyrider2697 · Mar 30, 2012

Opel2010 said:
They can get one in a flash... trust me, my bro is one of 'em

most phones nowadays have a passcode locking system, screen lock, ect..that will keep them out even with a warrant..seriously doubt they gonna go that far for a ticket anyway..but who knows now days.

LisaLouHoo · Mar 30, 2012

easyrider2697 said:
most phones nowadays have a passcode locking system, screen lock, ect..that will keep them out even with a warrant..seriously doubt they gonna go that far for a ticket anyway..but who knows now days.

I started locking mine when I am on the road, too. Set with no time delay, so it locks immediately when I put it in power saver mode. I can still answer incomings with it locked and call 9-1-1, but nothing else until I unlock it.

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AMonger · Mar 30, 2012

easyrider2697 said:
most phones nowadays have a passcode locking system, screen lock, ect..that will keep them out even with a warrant..seriously doubt they gonna go that far for a ticket anyway..but who knows now days.

They have devices for all major makes of phones. They plug 'em in and it downloads everything, bypassing all locking mechanisms. Some states were copying anything as a matter of course.

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You know the problem with bad cops? They make the other 5% look bad.

ConfusedMuse · Mar 31, 2012

If the Government is capable of this: Battle-of-Athens
of course playing with your cell phone is child's play!

chefdennis · Mar 31, 2012

Amonger is right, the hand held device they have will download everything in the phone including pictures and saved messages and the phone does nt even have to be powered up....but it does have to have the battery attached to it....

But beyond that, as was said, they are not going to get a warrant simply to prove you were on the phone...it isn't worth there time and effort....and they aren't getting mine without one...