Hands Free Laws!!!!

[Pete_G]

If people just had some common sense as to when to use their phone and when NOT to use their phone we wouldn't even need laws like this.

Intense driving you don't use your phone. Trying to make a challenging left? Might be time to hang up. Back roads by yourself? No problem...

[spence]

Originally Posted by Pete_G

Intense driving you don't use your phone. Trying to make a challenging left? Might be time to hang up. Back roads by yourself? No problem...

Pete, get a real job

-spence

[Pete_G]

Originally Posted by spence

Pete, get a real job

-spence

I almost went to a Blackberry with Bluetooth last year but I decided I didn't need to be THAT accessible.

[basswipe]

What about the people scrounging for tokens while going 75 down the backside of the Newport bridge instead of just waiting till they get to the booth.I've seen some close ones at the curve nearing the bottom.

When these laws are thought up the #1 consideration is how much revenue can be generated.

[Swimmer]

Mr. Macey the only reason the politicians consider enacting these liberty infringing rules is because of the residents of Massachusetts call and complain about the erractic driving behavior of their fellow citizens to the legislators. I find it diifcult to believe that someone like yourself who is on the road as much as you are doesn't have encounters with some of these errant drivers.

[mrmacey]

And it dont bother me I have paitents what bothers me is the drunks out there heres a solution to all our problems money and eratic behavoir.
0.0 tolerance $5000.00 fine for having alcohol on your breath I dont care if its a glass of wine with dinner you get pulled over and breathalized 0.1 you owe $5000.00 no ifs and or butts Loose your licence for 5 years that would stem a lot of problems we complain all the time people are getting killed everyday not because of cell phones but because there hammered you can go in a bar and have 2-3 beers and think its all right to drive home no its not!!! get real with the real problems out there go to a patriots game and see what pulls out that parking lot my god the cops just wave them by but get caught with a cell phone aginst your head or a headphone on one ear your going to get a fine Please wake up and attack the real problems of our society whats a matter politicians wouldnt be able to go to there favorite watering hole for a few after work no we cant do that now senator I might get in trouble driving home not one Guy that drinks is going to like this idea because 99.9% are giuilty of it even one beer after boating all day in a parking lot $5000.00 dollar fine Loss of licence 5 years.

My family,friends and yours are at risk everytime they get in a car with this Problem but God eat a cheeseburger and they want to Hang you!!!!!

[Backbeach Jake]

Agreed. And you should see what staggers INTO the stadium. AFC championship game. I was talking to a Security guard as the players warmed up before a game. A guy so sloshed that he fell on his keester, took a swing at me. Instantly arrested and missed the game. I'm not a tea-totaler by far, but we gotta get priorities in order. If he hadn't been busted, who was driving? Gawd, the stuff that you must see, Mr.M!

[macojoe]

I find the problem has nothing to do with talking on my part.
What the killer is when I am looking at the phone trying to make the call, I am all over like a drunk!
Once the dialing is done, I am fine.

[Squid kids Dad]

Macojoe,,,Thats why you need the hands off phone..You can just pre program your numbers in and then say the name you want to dial and it does it automatically...

[macojoe]

I think I have that ??
But don't know how to use??
But don't you still have to hit a button to get in that mode??

[Swimmer]

Mr. Macey everyone obeys the laws they like and disobeys the laws they dont like or respect. Some people drink and drive, some dont. It kind of like following the person down the road thats doing exactly the posted speed, say 35 m.p.h., and needless to say you get a little agravated. The same person drives straight as a die, uses the blinker when necessary and then drives right through intersection where there is a stop sign and blinking red light. As far as people driving from Gillette three sheets to the wind, erractic operation has to be observed before a stop can be made. otherwise any attorney would get a dwi thrown out. Then their is always the judges to contend with. I once saw a person found guilty of 4th offense dwi by a jury and while the jury was still in the room reduced the charge to 1st offense and placed the person in the program. Cops take people to court all the time only to see charges dismissed and thrown out not because of a bad report or anything the officer did, but simply because the judges in Massachusetts are the best defense attorneys criminal dont have to hire. I agree fine everybody $5000.00, but find a judge willing to fine anyone first before you expect a judge to fine them at a higher level. I see attorneys look at prosecutors in court and when the prosecutor tells the attorney what he is offering the attorney for the defendant looks at the prosecutor and says arrogantly I'll get less than that from the judge and he does, because all attorneys are brothers. They make the rules and subvert the system as best they can for their clients, and then the defense attorneys have an award ceremony at the end of the year and always pick their favorite (see lenient) judge/s for the top prize(just as they did for the judge that reduced the sentence for the nanny who shook the kid to death 5 or 6 years ago. I understand just where your coming from as far as the little laws as opposed to the more serious laws, but it truly is all the same problem.

[kevin d]

I think they need to enforce the laws already in place before coming up with new laws. RI used to give tickets for "Failure to maintain control of the vehicle". That law covers a whole bunch of stuff!Talking on your cell phone when you hit the house? Failure to maintain control. Reaching for a fry when you hit the guy in front of you? Failure to maintain control.
Enforce whats in place first!