New Maryland Law - Wireless COMM Devices

glhs837

glhs837

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Vince said:
It just amazes the hell out of me that we got by without cell phones for a long time, now people can't get in a car without talking on the thing. What is so dayum important that you have to be talking to someone the whole time you're in your car? :banghead:
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Well, for me, my calls are short and to the point. Meeting someone somewhere, making sure someone has stuff thats needed, finding out an event is cancelled, whatever.

But heading up tp PF from the Park this am, got stuck around a minivan, that lady was flapping lips the whole way from Lusby til she turned off towards the Benedict bridge. Her lane discipline was horrendous and her reactions times were dangerous. A poster child for why we need officers to have the ability to make this a primary.
 
DEEKAYPEE8569

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glhs837 said:
Well, for me, my calls are short and to the point. Meeting someone somewhere, making sure someone has stuff thats needed, finding out an event is cancelled, whatever.

But heading up tp PF from the Park this am, got stuck around a minivan, that lady was flapping lips the whole way from Lusby til she turned off towards the Benedict bridge. Her lane discipline was horrendous and her reactions times were dangerous. A poster child for why we need officers to have the ability to make this a primary.
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I'm bettin' she didn't get stopped either.
 
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BernieP

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MMDad said:
What gets me is that the dangerous actions that phones contribute to are already against the law. If we had better enforcement of the existing laws like lane drifting, running lights, tailgating, etc. we wouldn't need a phone law. The people who are talking on the phone aren't a problem because they are holding the phone up, they are a problem because they are paying more attention to the call than the road. Bluetooth doesn't solve that. Take away their phones and they'll still be the ones reading, eating, putting on makeup, shaving, and so on.
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a distracted driver (if that's their excuse) is a distracted driver, whether it's the baby crying in the back seat, the kids fighting or dropping a lit cigarrette in their lap - and they are only a few of the things, dirnking and eating, putting on makeup, shaving... basically any action, including "getting down with their tunes" can be consider and is a distraction. It all depends on how an individual responds to the stimulis.

So if you are using the navigation / map funciotns on your phone, I guess that would be a violation as well..
 
glhs837

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BernieP said:
a distracted driver (if that's their excuse) is a distracted driver, whether it's the baby crying in the back seat, the kids fighting or dropping a lit cigarrette in their lap - and they are only a few of the things, dirnking and eating, putting on makeup, shaving... basically any action, including "getting down with their tunes" can be consider and is a distraction. It all depends on how an individual responds to the stimulis.

So if you are using the navigation / map funciotns on your phone, I guess that would be a violation as well..
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As would the nav functions on your dashboard, right? My Dodge from the factory disables all input to the nav once you enter Drive on the transmission. I of course bypassed that, since Dodge wasnt forward looking enough to tie that disable in with the passenger airbag sensor, so my wife could enter nav data while I drove.
 
itsbob

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somdforever said:
Just rec'd an e-mail fron Del. Bohanan about what was accomplished during the 2013 Legislative session in Annapolis. Included in his letter is this:

"Motor Vehicles – Use of Wireless Communication Device makes it a primary offense for fully licensed adult drivers, for the driver’s hands to use a handheld telephone while operating a motor vehicle in the travel portion of the roadway. The bill increases the penalties for the offenses and establishes that the offenses are treated as a typical traffic offense. Accordingly, a violator is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to a maximum penalty of $500 and the assessment of points against the driver’s license."

I didn't even know it was being considered! I have to believe this applies not only to texting but just talking on your cell phone?
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Did they also mention that the police are exempt from this law too??

Because they must be superhuman and it's impossible for them to be distracted..
 
MrZ06

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JoeR said:
Funny thing is their 38K vehicle probably came with a blue-tooth capable system. Only they're to stupid or lazy to pair up their cell phones with it.
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How is bluetooth supposed to help me check Facebook while driving down the road?
 
GURPS

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itsbob said:
Because they must be superhuman and it's impossible for them to be distracted..
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They are Special .... aren't they exempt from most everything

talking on the cell phone, red light camera's, speed limits ... seat belt laws
 
glhs837

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Hank said:
Why are you continually so against cops? Did something happen between you and the police? Do you believe we don't need law enforcement? I don't get it.
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Do you think officers have magical powers that they should have special privileges while driving we do not have? If a citizen should be required to go handsfree, so should officers.
 
Vince

Vince

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glhs837 said:
Well, for me, my calls are short and to the point. Meeting someone somewhere, making sure someone has stuff thats needed, finding out an event is cancelled, whatever.

But heading up tp PF from the Park this am, got stuck around a minivan, that lady was flapping lips the whole way from Lusby til she turned off towards the Benedict bridge. Her lane discipline was horrendous and her reactions times were dangerous. A poster child for why we need officers to have the ability to make this a primary.
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Sounds like the type that pulled out in front of me on Rousby Hall Rd. Cell phone pressed to her ear and didn't even look for oncoming traffic. Had to go around the right side of her with the motorcycle for which she used her other hand to flip me off. Which hand was she using to drive? This happened a while ago. And this was 5am. Who the hell do you talk to at 5 am?
 
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Hank

Hank

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glhs837 said:
Do you think officers have magical powers that they should have special privileges while driving we do not have? If a citizen should be required to go handsfree, so should officers.
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If it involves their work, I am fine with them on the phone. Same with EMS, Fire and any other emergency personnel.
 
Chris0nllyn

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Hank said:
Why are you continually so against cops? Did something happen between you and the police? Do you believe we don't need law enforcement? I don't get it.
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I'm not against cops. I'm against abuse of power.

My record is clean, and just about every encounter I've had with police has been nothing but professional.

I believe we do need law enforcement.
 
itsbob

itsbob

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Any mention of talking on the cell phone on a bike??

I've got mine wired into the intercom so it rings into my (and my passengers) helmet, and can talk wirelessly (and hands free) if I have to.
 
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