"The idea is that the jackpot could come from the fines that were paid from speeders -- so not only do you get rewarded, you get rewarded from the pockets of worse drivers."
The idea that someone breaking a law based on an arbitrary number is somehow a worse driver than someone who obeys that law sets poorly with me. If speed limits were set by engineers rather than politicians, I might have some respect. If those laws were about traffic safety as opposed to making money, I might have some respect.
Done properly it could even take some of the danger out of talking while driving. When you are having a conversation with someone in the car they tend to react when you drift into the path of an oncoming vehicle or a pedestrian walks into your path, and stuff like that. People on the phone do not, nor do they even shut up when you are in a demanding situation, which is part of why it is dangerous.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A simple educated guess that a motorist is speeding is all the evidence a police officer needs to write an ironclad speeding ticket, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday.
"$60.00 a month for the 5 gb and then a dime for very 1mb after that.
So with this new plan if I used 5gb - which rarely happens -
it would be 25 + 10 + 10 + 10 = 55.00 still less than the $60.00 plan"
bad math or typo? Did you mean a dime for every 1GB
back in 1990, the Government seized the Mustang Ranch brothel in Nevada for tax evasion and, as required by law, tried to run it. They failed and it closed.
I'm no businessman, but I think I could run a business, that sold whiskey and sex, profitably.
I might read a book. that is somewhere else, and the sooner they realize that, the sooner they will start trying to put content within my reach. I can get fed up enough with the controlling interests to just stop watching TV. I've done it before.
If that is what you want to take from it.
My main point is;
most other distracted driving has been going on for a long time, with little wide spread consequence. Since the widespread use of cell phones, it is epidemic.
My secondary point;
In all fairness, some folks can drive pretty well at 2.0 alcohol level, they got banned along with those who can't at .08, and that has made the roads somewhat safer. Sorry for the inconvenience to the Irish.
I don't believe in laws as a method of controlling behavior, when cell phones in cars are banned, only outlaws will have cell phones in cars.
During a 10 minute drive yesterday, I saw 5 deadly dangerous drivers yacking on cell phones, and a few moderately dangerous ones doing the same.
second trip;
We drove another 80 miles yesterday, 4 different towns, I observed no exemplary yacking drivers, but quite a few dangerous ones.
You scoff when someone else brings up statistics or studies to prove a pointless point that you disagree with, but stoop to the same. Lies, damned lies and statistics.
I have been driving for 45 years, and have never seen anything like the driving since the advent of the cell phone. People have eaten Whoppers, changed babies, corrected kids in the back seat during most of the time I have bee driving, and they weren't in full control of their vehicles. But they were spread thin, the average driver had his mind on the task at hand. Since about 1995 and getting worse by the day, 1 in 3 it seems is multi-tasking and in most cases, poorly.
I agree that some can do it well, not enough to support your statistics, but some can and perhaps will be unfairly punished when cell talking if finally banned for motor vehicle operators. In all fairness, some folks can drive pretty well at 2.0 alcohol level, they got banned along with those who can't at .08
The smart phones must drive security folks batshit. Now the average Joe has the ability to snap a photo & email it elsewhere. Cold war spies must be jealous.
The promise of commercial free service lasted a few years, then it became as commercial laden as "Free TV". The good of it came in the mountainous states, where over the air didn't work all that well. Finally you could get more than 1 or 2 channels.
I usually see one, maybe 2 movies per year in a theater. Avatar was an easy choice & was the elusive second movie of the year. I am an IMax customer, even though it is a considerable trip passing many lesser theaters along the way.
Mostly, though for 2D I'll just watch it on my home theater, the easy trips to the kitchen & bathroom when it is paused is nice, and the cost is a factor, mostly it is just convenient and pleasant + cellphone free.
I usually see one, maybe 2 movies per year in a theater. Avatar was an easy choice & was the elusive second movie of the year. I am an IMax customer, even though it is a considerable trip passing many lesser theaters along the way.
Mostly, though for 2D I'll just watch it on my home theater, the easy trips to the kitchen & bathroom when it is paused is nice, and the cost is a factor, mostly it is just convenient and pleasant + cellphone free.
My take on it is this; We have been traditionally allowed, to walk down the street with out ID of any sort. Say I decide to go for a walk on a nice evening, I've been hanging out at the house, in casual clothes, no wallet, watch, or anything, except perhaps, a bit of change in my pocket. I should be able to do that. It speaks of WWII Germany or Soviet Russia. Not in tune with a free country with guaranteed liberty and rights. The will counter; it is only to get on a transit system or enter a building, but just wait, it will be required to be on your person at all times eventually.
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I'm going to differ with a point there
The idea that someone breaking a law based on an arbitrary number is somehow a worse driver than someone who obeys that law sets poorly with me. If speed limits were set by engineers rather than politicians, I might have some respect. If those laws were about traffic safety as opposed to making money, I might have some respect.
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Re: facing the wrong way
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Re: Rummi's Hands All Over This One, Too...
I love it and will defend it to the death.
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Re: Idiot reading is fundamental
http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2010/06/police_officers_visual_estimat.html
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Re: The simple fact of the matter is...
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Re: This really isn't bad.
So with this new plan if I used 5gb - which rarely happens -
it would be 25 + 10 + 10 + 10 = 55.00 still less than the $60.00 plan"
bad math or typo? Did you mean a dime for every 1GB
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Re: Re: Re: we need another corporation to get involved
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Re: Re: *sigh*
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Another day, another company that can kiss my ass
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Feds couldn't even manage a whorehouse
I'm no businessman, but I think I could run a business, that sold whiskey and sex, profitably.
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There is always somewhere else to go
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Re: Preserve The Problem
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Re: Re: On most topics we agree, however
My main point is;
most other distracted driving has been going on for a long time, with little wide spread consequence. Since the widespread use of cell phones, it is epidemic.
My secondary point;
In all fairness, some folks can drive pretty well at 2.0 alcohol level, they got banned along with those who can't at .08, and that has made the roads somewhat safer. Sorry for the inconvenience to the Irish.
I don't believe in laws as a method of controlling behavior, when cell phones in cars are banned, only outlaws will have cell phones in cars.
On the post: Turns Out Not Everyone Drives Worse While Talking On A Phone (But You Probably Do)
On most topics we agree, however
second trip;
We drove another 80 miles yesterday, 4 different towns, I observed no exemplary yacking drivers, but quite a few dangerous ones.
You scoff when someone else brings up statistics or studies to prove a pointless point that you disagree with, but stoop to the same. Lies, damned lies and statistics.
I have been driving for 45 years, and have never seen anything like the driving since the advent of the cell phone. People have eaten Whoppers, changed babies, corrected kids in the back seat during most of the time I have bee driving, and they weren't in full control of their vehicles. But they were spread thin, the average driver had his mind on the task at hand. Since about 1995 and getting worse by the day, 1 in 3 it seems is multi-tasking and in most cases, poorly.
I agree that some can do it well, not enough to support your statistics, but some can and perhaps will be unfairly punished when cell talking if finally banned for motor vehicle operators. In all fairness, some folks can drive pretty well at 2.0 alcohol level, they got banned along with those who can't at .08
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Government Training
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Pay TV really was a Trojan horse though
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I'm among those supporting Avatar
Mostly, though for 2D I'll just watch it on my home theater, the easy trips to the kitchen & bathroom when it is paused is nice, and the cost is a factor, mostly it is just convenient and pleasant + cellphone free.
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I'm among those supporting Avatar
Mostly, though for 2D I'll just watch it on my home theater, the easy trips to the kitchen & bathroom when it is paused is nice, and the cost is a factor, mostly it is just convenient and pleasant + cellphone free.
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Re: What's up with those "OMG, ID card" hysteria?
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