Re: [MBZ] fines for use of cell phone without hands free device?? One law for them and..........
The bottom line is that they know most of us can do it too but there are enough jerks and incompetents out there to make it unsafe for all of us to do so and rather than ticket the ones who are not good at it, they choose to prevent all of us from doing so. I guess it is sort of like racial profiling. Got to search everyone at the airport too even though very few white grannies blow up planes. Randy On 18/01/2011 7:53 PM, Hendrik Fay wrote: So why can cops (et al) manage to drive and talk on the phone while the rest of us are classed as homicidal maniacs if we blah blah on the mobile? I know some may say they have advanced driver training but there is no law I am aware of that gives you an exemption if you have completed an advanced driver course. My money is on revenue raising, make everything illegal and it's easy to fill the coffers with the cash. Hendrik who has a CDL and quite a few miles under the wheels but is not allowed to talk on the phone and drive but can eat a sandwich, drink coffee and have a ciggy ernest breakfield wrote: the same exemption for cops (and some Emergency Services workers) to use cell phones while driving exists in at least some US states as well. the premise is that there is some information they'd rather not share on airwaves where people can listen in as easily (even though it's not as simple to listen in on many agencies with a scanner these days with all their trunking systems,...). cheers! e ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] fines for use of cell phone without hands free device?? One law for them and..........
So why can cops (et al) manage to drive and talk on the phone while the rest of us are classed as homicidal maniacs if we blah blah on the mobile? I know some may say they have advanced driver training but there is no law I am aware of that gives you an exemption if you have completed an advanced driver course. My money is on revenue raising, make everything illegal and it's easy to fill the coffers with the cash. Hendrik who has a CDL and quite a few miles under the wheels but is not allowed to talk on the phone and drive but can eat a sandwich, drink coffee and have a ciggy ernest breakfield wrote: the same exemption for cops (and some Emergency Services workers) to use cell phones while driving exists in at least some US states as well. the premise is that there is some information they'd rather not share on airwaves where people can listen in as easily (even though it's not as simple to listen in on many agencies with a scanner these days with all their trunking systems,...). cheers! e ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] fines for use of cell phone without hands free device?? One law for them and..........
the same exemption for cops (and some Emergency Services workers) to use cell phones while driving exists in at least some US states as well. the premise is that there is some information they'd rather not share on airwaves where people can listen in as easily (even though it's not as simple to listen in on many agencies with a scanner these days with all their trunking systems,...). cheers! e On 14/Jan/11 05:54, Hendrik Fay wrote: Funnily enough a cop over here is allowed to use his mobile phone whilst driving (I think there are some other exemptions). Obviously they are trained to do this. Hendrik who may or may not have used a mobile phone whilst driving Mitch Haley wrote: Rich Thomas wrote: I take my camera with me sometimes, and have busted 2 deputies for 1) tailgaiting and speeding and 2) speeding (65 in 50 zone). The Sheriff was not amused at his guys' behavior when I emailed the photos to him. I've had a judge tell me, on the record (with a court reporter typing) that LEOs don't have to obey traffic laws. I couldn't tell if he was that ignorant of the law or that blatant about refusing to apply it properly. I've read the law here in MI, it's an exemption for emergency vehicles, during an emergency, with their overhead lights turned on, not for a deputy cruising down the road at 70 in a 55 zone. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] fines for use of cell phone without hands free device?? One law for them and..........
Funnily enough a cop over here is allowed to use his mobile phone whilst driving (I think there are some other exemptions). Obviously they are trained to do this. Hendrik who may or may not have used a mobile phone whilst driving Mitch Haley wrote: Rich Thomas wrote: I take my camera with me sometimes, and have busted 2 deputies for 1) tailgaiting and speeding and 2) speeding (65 in 50 zone). The Sheriff was not amused at his guys' behavior when I emailed the photos to him. I've had a judge tell me, on the record (with a court reporter typing) that LEOs don't have to obey traffic laws. I couldn't tell if he was that ignorant of the law or that blatant about refusing to apply it properly. I've read the law here in MI, it's an exemption for emergency vehicles, during an emergency, with their overhead lights turned on, not for a deputy cruising down the road at 70 in a 55 zone. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
