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Telekom · 07-22-2008, 11:49 AM

In the first half-month of Washington's new ban on handheld cellphones, State Patrol troopers stopped nearly 300 drivers, ticketing 113. An untold number of others ditched their phones as fast as possible when police vehicles approached.

Local News | Cellphone crackdown: 113 tickets and counting | Seattle Times Newspaper

strunke · 07-23-2008, 4:31 AM

hmmm...Yeah, they should just stop people that are causing the real problems....like speeding or driving recklessly. Pulling over people and ticketing for using a cell phone....ridiculous. Might as well ticket them for listening to or changing the station on their radio....at least in WA it doesn't seem to be a primary infraction.

SmArTeStChIlD421 · 07-23-2008, 7:06 AM

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Originally Posted by strunke

hmmm...Yeah, they should just stop people that are causing the real problems....like speeding or driving recklessly. Pulling over people and ticketing for using a cell phone....ridiculous. Might as well ticket them for listening to or changing the station on their radio....at least in WA it doesn't seem to be a primary infraction.

many times they are the ones speeding and driving recklessly

strunke · 07-23-2008, 6:46 PM

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Originally Posted by strunke

hmmm...Yeah, they should just stop people that are causing the real problems....like speeding or driving recklessly. Pulling over people and ticketing for using a cell phone....ridiculous. Might as well ticket them for listening to or changing the station on their radio....at least in WA it doesn't seem to be a primary infraction.

many times they are the ones speeding and driving recklessly

That may be true. But so are the women doing their makeup, so are the people eating that cheeseburger or drinking that coffee on their way to work. It baloney, no special law is needed.

SmArTeStChIlD421 · 07-23-2008, 7:55 PM

thats a fair point too

Steve B · 07-25-2008, 2:13 AM

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thats a fair point too

Regardless of what the police and nimrods in Olympia say, its because they want money. They see this law as a potential cash cow like they did with that 'click it or ticket it' crap regarding seatbelts.

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