Can You Fine Me Now?

from the that'll-teach-you dept

Tue, Aug 31st 2004 10:37am — Mike Masnick

If you thought New York City's ban on using a mobile phone at any kind of performance (with its $50 fine) was a bit much, you might want to avoid the libraries in Huntington Beach, California. You can now get fined up to $1,000 for using your phone in the library. Admittedly, that's only for your third strike. The first offense is $250, the second $500. They had considered a 6 month jail term but decided, all in all, that might be a bit much.

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dorpus, 31 Aug 2004 @ 11:32am

Let me guess
Was it foreigners with no respect for our laws/manners, that made them pass a law like that? I don't know how many times I was in a Silicon Valley movie theater, and some foreigner started talking on the phone nearby.

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- Matt, 1 Sep 2004 @ 4:56am
  
  Re: Let me guess
  someone must have outsourced that task...
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Brian Shock, 1 Sep 2004 @ 8:53am

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Neither the fines nor the limitations are enough. Mobile phone use while operating a motor vehicle should come with penalties similar to DUI.
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Dave Locke, 1 Sep 2004 @ 2:08pm

Re: Can You Fine Me Now?
Isn't a firing squad good enough? I see these idiots not only letting their phones ring in a theater, but also answering them and carrying on a conversion. They'll talk at high volume in a store, in a restaurant, while walking down the street, anywhere. Most any technology, if cheap enough to get to the general populace, will be misused as though they're the only thing of importance in the entire world.
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