Thank You For Calling OnStar, Your Three-To-Five Is On The Way
from the it's-for-your-own-protection dept
OnStar's focus on safety has many uses like responding to an accident, helping drivers navigate when lost, and now even protecting them from the dangers of their own drug use. While showing off his new OnStar system to his girlfriend, a Florida man turned down the volume on it so low, that he couldn't hear an operator trying to make contact with him. Because there was no response, police were sent to his car, whereupon he was arrested for having cocaine in clear sight. What's the lesson here? That you shouldn't turn down the volume on your OnStar? Perhaps, but this is a mistake that anyone could make. Maybe it's that in 2006, it's a little late to be bragging to girls about having an OnStar system. Dude, you're not exactly an early adopter anymore.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Hey, I'm just bitter. Must be the Pontiac setting in the front yard [but I call it a Firebird].
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I'll bet he was wearing a wife beater and had a sweet mullet with a big old beer gut and she was on her break at the local strip joint with the mandatory (in FLA)Lee Press-On nails, blue eye shadow, and a bad perm. She probably had her one-year-old baby in the car seat.
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Now, more than likely, it was some suave little playboy with a trust fund out cruising the Miami strip clubbing and took his latest club catch out to his care for a little pick me up and a small chance to show off his ride.
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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP)
A man showing off his OnStar system in his Cadillac Escalade...Ralph A. Gomez, 38
In addition to seizing $1,900 in the case, the Cadillac equipped with the OnStar system was also seized.
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huh
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Crack != Coke
Crack is a shitload cheaper, chief.
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