When I was a kid my dad bought this little transistor radio that had cop
frequencies on it along with AM and FM. It also picked up mobile
phones, which at that time were these huge affairs that took up about 3
cuft and had a full-size corded handset. I recall there was this one
guy I would hear all the time, talking to his girlfriend on the phone
from the car, after he left his wife at home and was driving around.
Trouble is you could only hear one side of the conversation (the car) as
the receiving freq must have been different. He must have lived in the
neighborhood somewhere, I think he was like a sales guy or real estate
agent or something. I was like 14 or something, and learned a lot about
quite a bit from listening to this guy. Too funny. When my dad found
out what I was so intent on listening too, he took it away from me, and
I caught him listening a time or two.
--R
On 1/13/2011 6:27 PM, E M wrote:
I just remembered, my old 300E had a mercedes (dealer installed?) built in
phone when I got it, along with a hands free mic on the A pillar. The hard
wiring for the antenna, and wire that's hidden behind the A pillar remain,
but I yanked out the phone as soon as I got it. I did the same with my old
911. Back then, a car phone was a pretty rare thing. Yeah, they were
called "car phones" at that time too, not mobiles, or cell phones. Go
figure, eh.
Ed
300E
On 13 January 2011 18:03, R A Bennell<b...@mts.net> wrote:
Well, my car is in the garage for the duration of the cold weather so not
much to do on it for a bit. I did buy a new set of H4 headlights for it and
will install them come spring. May even go the route of relays and higher
wattage bulbs if the H4's that I have are not a significant improvement.
I have other issues too like seats that are disintegrating but again, that
may have to wait for some warmer weather.
I did look up the local statute and regulations to see if it will likely
pose a problem to use my cell phone camera. I "suspect" that I may get away
with it so long as I have my Bluetooth doodad on the visor so I can show an
officer that I do have the ability to use it hands free. The regs say one
cannot even look at or hold the phone but I am guessing that I can just tell
them I was checking the battery level or checking to see if it was actually
on, and will get away with it.
Not sure what they might say about the camera issue. The regs do not say
anything about the use of cameras but do say you cannot use a device that
includes a cell phone.
Randy
On 13/01/2011 4:45 PM, Gerry Archer wrote:
Having lived for 65 years in what may be the most corrupt state in the
U.S.; (Since 2000 Florida had the most, [729], federal corruption
convictions of any state with second place New York far behind with only
633); we Floridians don't necessarily obey onerous laws to the letter. We
find ways to avoid them.
For example, a friend who is a sales rep frequently gets calls from
customers while he's driving.
When he was driving through counties that had the "no cell phone" law, he
would put his cell phone between two pieces of bread and hold it up to his
ear. The single time a cop stopped him, he dropped the bread slices and the
cell phone on the floor and picked up a real sandwich.
The conversation went something like this:
"You were talking on a cell phone and that is illegal while you are
driving."
"I was eating a sandwich."
"Why did you have it up to your ear?"
"So I could see where I was going."
"Where is the sandwich?"
He picked up a real sandwich which had a bite out of it.
"Where is your cellphone?"
He pretended to look for it and then retrieved it from the floor.
The cop went back to his car and apparently called headquarters.
"You can go.", said the cop.
That was the only time he was stopped, and he won't have that
problem again since he bought a new car which has a
built-in microphone and speaker.
Perhaps you can cut a hole in a slice of bread for the lens,
Randy, and use your cellphone camera the same way.
Of course, if you were a lawyer in Florida you would have
nothing to worry about since cops never ticket lawyers unless
they're blind drunk or politicians in a different party than the
sheriffs or chiefs.
I saw in the "sheriffs list" in the local paper where a woman had
been arrested for carrying a concealed weapon because she had
one of those little "pepper spray" cannisters in her purse.
Interesting.
Gerry
Note: Actually I prefer to lurk and simply enjoy the OT and
benefit from the descriptions of Mercedes fixes, but for some
strange reason our old Mercedes are running well and no one
has any OT to talk about. Maybe it's a good omen; or bad?
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From: "R A Bennell"<b...@mts.net>
So, to start with, I know, I am a lawyer so why am I asking you folks??
I don't know and am wondered if any of you might know is the basic
answer.
Anyone actually look at the laws, regulations, whatever, that impose the
fines for use of cell phones in your jurisdiction?
The reason I ask is that my cell phone has a camera in it and I sometimes
use it to take photos while driving if I see something interesting. It
occurred to me recently, that this is probably no longer acceptable. If an
officer sees me with the phone in hand, I am going to get the ticket and I
doubt he has to prove I was actually phoning someone. The phone company
should be able to provide evidence that I was not on a call at that time but
that might not be sufficient to get one off - and one would have to waste
the time going to fight the ticket which would cost more than the ticket.
Then the question arises - is using a digital camera instead any
better? I am guessing that the law says one is not to use electronic
devices rather than "cell phones".
Randy
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