datzenmike Posted September 4, 2014 Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 If you picked it up to look at it you were distracted. Sux all the same. Turn it off when driving? Quote Link to comment
Z-train Posted September 4, 2014 Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 $250 ticket. I looked to see who was calling, didn't answer the phone. Got a ticket, contested in writing, was ruled in favor of the state. FUCK! $250 for not answering my phone.Should have postponed until you had your bill and could PROVE that you weren't talking on the phone. Mike-turn it off when driving? Sorta defeats the purpose of having a "mobile phone" now-doesn't it? 1 Quote Link to comment
laotsu Posted September 4, 2014 Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 in CA you can still go to trial after a trial by declaration. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted September 4, 2014 Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 Mike-turn it off when driving? Sorta defeats the purpose of having a "mobile phone" now-doesn't it? Wat??? It's still mobile when it's not working. :lol: I remember when there were no cell phones. How directly the fuck did we survive those days without them? When people met on the street they actually nodded and said hello and no one knew how truly vapid your thoughts really were. 1 Quote Link to comment
tr8er Posted September 4, 2014 Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 What I did was technically illegal. I basically asked the judge to assert that I was not who they meant to target with the expensive ass fine, and that I was a good little Boy Scout. But it didn't carry any weight with him, and now I would miss a day of work to contest it. The cheap route is to pay. My love hate relationship with cops it increasingly devoid of love... Quote Link to comment
Z-train Posted September 4, 2014 Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 Mike-I' work for the railroad.I have no schedule.I'm on call 24/7/365.When the phone rings I go to work. 2 Quote Link to comment
russaroll Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 nobody calls me so i don't worry about it. Quote Link to comment
a.d._510_n_ok Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Mike-I' work for the railroad.I have no schedule.I'm on call 24/7/365.When the phone rings I go to work. yucky. I call in every night after 6pm for a come-in time that might be 4am or 6am or 9am or not at all - I miss having set hours. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Mike-I' work for the railroad.I have no schedule.I'm on call 24/7/365.When the phone rings I go to work. Then to avoid traffic tickets pull over and answer it. (or not) Or hands free operation? My wife has that. If I hear her in the car when she calls I hang up on her. 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 $250 ticket. I looked to see who was calling, didn't answer the phone. Got a ticket, contested in writing, was ruled in favor of the state. FUCK! $250 for not answering my phone. What I did was technically illegal. I basically asked the judge to assert that I was not who they meant to target with the expensive ass fine, and that I was a good little Boy Scout. But it didn't carry any weight with him, and now I would miss a day of work to contest it. The cheap route is to pay. My love hate relationship with cops it increasingly devoid of love... Next time get a lawyer. You're right and at the same time wrong. Your cell phone bill should show no call or you not answering it at the time of the ticket. If you were looking at it, you were using it and distracted. A love/hate relationship with the cops probably made this even worse with the ticketing officer. This is me, but I often work on, and on the side of the public roads in and out of town and ride a bicycle about 8Km on the side of the highway every day. I have ZERO tolerance for cell phone use while driving... ZERO!!! ..... Oh and Bill ... you said to improve multi tasking to someone? Well I'm of the opinion that god did not make us all equal in that. Hell some people can barely breath without fucking it up. Quote Link to comment
smoke Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 I use an abacus while driving. 3 Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Next time get a lawyer. You're right and at the same time wrong. Your cell phone bill should show no call or you not answering it at the time of the ticket. If you were looking at it, you were using it and distracted. A love/hate relationship with the cops probably made this even worse with the ticketing officer. This is me, but I often work on, and on the side of the public roads in and out of town and ride a bicycle about 8Km on the side of the highway every day. I have ZERO tolerance for cell phone use while driving... ZERO!!! ..... Oh and Bill ... you said to improve multi tasking to someone? Well I'm of the opinion that god did not make us all equal in that. Hell some people can barely breath without fucking it up. Plenty of bad drivers even wihout phones. As a percentage of the given mode of transportation, I bet I see more retard bikers than drivers. I bike, I'm not biased against bikers, but I rarely feel sympathetic for bikers when I see how retarded most of them ride. Bikers not riding defensively on a road made for cars is like famping next to a bear in the forest and expecting not to be mauled. Quote Link to comment
tr8er Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Bottom line. I was wrong. Turning off my phone is a good idea . I've accepted that what I'm actually pissed about is the $200 fine feels too high. But that makes it effective I suppose. They just raised it to $300 here this month. Wow. What's the fine in your home state peeps? Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 $167 in BC... seems rather low to me. Plenty of bad drivers even wihout phones. As a percentage of the given mode of transportation, I bet I see more retard bikers than drivers. I bike, I'm not biased against bikers, but I rarely feel sympathetic for bikers when I see how retarded most of them ride. Bikers not riding defensively on a road made for cars is like famping next to a bear in the forest and expecting not to be mauled. No shit.... Bike riders texting Bikes riding side by side No helmets Riding wrong way in traffic Quote Link to comment
Z-train Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Hell some people can barely breath without fucking it up.Agreed. But until they out-law the following: GPS/Nav systems Power windows Seat controls Climate controls Radios/tape decks/CD player CB radios MDTs I'll keep talking on my cell when needed. Quote Link to comment
Z-train Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 I bet I see more retard bikers than drivers. I bike, I'm not biased against bikers, but I rarely feel sympathetic for bikers when I see how retarded most of them ride. Bikers not riding defensively on a road made for cars is like famping next to a bear in the forest and expecting not to be mauled.Abso-fucking-lutely. Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 famping, camping...whatev :P Quote Link to comment
russaroll Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 fapping, whatev :PWhile driving?. That's just plain wreckless. Quote Link to comment
Z-train Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 While driving?. That's just plain wreckless.And messy. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 Agreed. But until they out-law the following: GPS/Nav systems Power windows Seat controls Climate controls Radios/tape decks/CD player CB radios MDTs rear view mirrors glove box speedometers gas gauges I'll keep talking on my cell when needed. lol yup. Quote Link to comment
HRH Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 There's an easy way around this. Drive a loud Datsun where you can't hear the phone when it rings in your pocket. That's what I do. ;) 2 Quote Link to comment
tr8er Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 There's an easy way around this. Drive a loud Datsun where you can't hear the phone when it rings in your pocket. That's what I do. ;) Phone is always on vibrate. Ind I'm like a cursed Jedi with cell phones. I hear it vibrate from the back seat. Quote Link to comment
Z-train Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 lol yup.Not that this would effect you or I-but we forgot "makeup". Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted September 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 There's an easy way around this. Drive a loud Datsun where you can't hear the phone when it rings in your pocket. That's what I do. ;) in this case speaker phone is also useless and it is hard to hear on the regular ear piece too PROBLEM SOLVED DRIVE YOUR DATSUNS Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 Not that this would effect you or I-but we forgot "makeup". ... and fleshlights. Quote Link to comment
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