In fact, I'll do ya one better. WRITE me the ticket. I browse the web and txt FREQUENTLY in the car. Let me know when I can pick it up - or better, mail it to me. I'll see ya in court, biotch!
Editorial: Texting while driving only part of the problem Thursday, July 2, 2009
Schenectady County lawmakers may have had their hearts in the right place last year when they passed a law banning text-messaging while driving, but their brains appear to have been another matter. More than four months after the law took effect, local law enforcement agencies say they’ve yet to write up a single violation. And the reason isn’t that motorists have suddenly stopped engaging in the suicidal behavior. As a story in Wednesday’s Gazette made clear, the law is practically impossible to enforce. A cop can’t tell whether a motorist who is holding a cellphone is actually “texting”— tapping the alphanumeric keys on a cellphone to create an electronic message — pressing an automatic redial button to make a legal cellphone call, or even surfing the Internet, which, though just as dangerous as text-messaging, isn’t proscribed. Why bother writing a ticket when someone with a halfway decent lawyer is going to beat the rap, or at the very least tie up prosecutors for more time than the offense is worth, demanding phone records, etc.? Then there’s the issue of jurisdiction. A state cop interviewed for the story indicated that because the texting ban isn’t a state law, but only a local one, they won’t enforce it. And troopers stationed in Schenectady County not only patrol a fair number of rural roads, but assist in the city as well. The law isn’t a complete bust, because it has probably discouraged a few motorists from doing what common sense should have told them not to do. But it raises anew the whole question about the “driving while distracted” conundrum. Even before the advent of cellphones, there were countless other things a motorist could fiddle with that were likely to increase the chances of an accident. First it was the radio dial; then the eight-track or cassette player; then the CD. People take their eyes off the road to do other stupid things, too, like reading a road map, directions, even a newspaper; or they’ll apply makeup, shave, or brush their hair. All legally...............>>>>..........>>>>...........http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2009/jul/02/0702_edit1/
More blind fanaticism. They must be listening to the GOP. How else do you explain that even THEY, who are lap dogs of the democrats, once in a while throw in with another thought. I know a lot of you prefer a one party rule, but this is exactly why we need people with other thoughts than the predominate majority regime. Some want the GOP to lash out at the others in the GOP. To excoriate and out all their energies into tearing down the few republicans that are left. But I will leave that to the government guided press, the nightly news, academia, public education and the unions and special interests. There are plenty of people and groups doing it so why should I?
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
More blind fanaticism. They must be listening to the GOP. How else do you explain that even THEY, who are lap dogs of the democrats, once in a while throw in with another thought. I know a lot of you prefer a one party rule, but this is exactly why we need people with other thoughts than the predominate majority regime. Some want the GOP to lash out at the others in the GOP. To excoriate and out all their energies into tearing down the few republicans that are left. But I will leave that to the government guided press, the nightly news, academia, public education and the unions and special interests. There are plenty of people and groups doing it so why should I?
What do you think,,,,,,,, party membership makes you immune to criticism? That's the problem with the party. Republicans took majority of the house of reps in 1994, and in 2000 won the White House. In 8 short years the Republican went back on all their conservative promises and did everything that the democrats did when they were in power. With pet projects, bridges to nowhere, and corruption. Virtually destroying the party.
The few republicans that are left give me no reason to support them. They are just as slimey as any democrat. I'm sorry I can't view the world through the left and right prism that you do.
Your rhetoric is transparent. I am not a true believer.
the repubs are crooks and the only way to fix all the problems is to stop letting the business and rich get the way they want all the time and it is time for once we got some regulation over here people VOTE DEMO
the repubs are crooks and the only way to fix all the problems is to stop letting the business and rich get the way they want all the time and it is time for once we got some regulation over here people VOTE DEMO
I've tried the "demo" - wouldn't give you two cents for it.
I tried the second version - rep 2.0 ... that didn't work for me either.
THE DEMOS ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO CARE AND AS FAR AS THE TEXTING GOS THEN ASK STEVIE EGO WHY HE IS STOPPING THE POLICE WITH MERTZ FROM DOING THE JOBS THEY NEED TO DO BY BANNING WRITING THE TICKETS FOR TEXTS
LET THE BOYS IN BLUE DO THAT JOB THEY NEED TO DO STEVIE NOW
THE DEMOS ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO CARE AND AS FAR AS THE TEXTING GOS THEN ASK STEVIE EGO WHY HE IS STOPPING THE POLICE WITH MERTZ FROM DOING THE JOBS THEY NEED TO DO BY BANNING WRITING THE TICKETS FOR TEXTS
LET THE BOYS IN BLUE DO THAT JOB THEY NEED TO DO STEVIE NOW
I dont want them to care......I want them to do their damn job and stand with dignity....
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
In fact, I'll do ya one better. WRITE me the ticket. I browse the web and txt FREQUENTLY in the car. Let me know when I can pick it up - or better, mail it to me. I'll see ya in court, biotch!
Name calling..you are a real prize.I could give 2 shits if you text in the car.Take your name calling and stick it up your a**.
SCHENECTADY First texting ticket issued BY JUSTIN MASON Gazette Reporter
Eddie Cintron unwittingly made Schenectady County history Thursday afternoon. The 31-year-old Brandywine Avenue man was navigating his vehicle though the city when he became the first motorist to run up against the county’s ban on texting while driving. Lt. Jason Temple was on duty heading toward the Schenectady County Sheriff’s Department in a marked cruiser when he noticed Cintron driving with a mobile device in his hands near the intersection of Nott Street and Van Vranken Avenue, he said. “The guy had his cellphone in front of his face and he was just clicking away,” he said. “He didn’t have a hands-free device or anything.” Having made the direct observation, Temple flagged Cintron and became the first law enforcement officer to issue a “0608 local law” citation, returnable to city court at a later date. The ticket carries no points but a hefty $150 fine. Just two days before the traffic stop, Temple was among a group of patrolmen that expressed dismay that a motorist hadn’t yet been caught. He suggested that the lack of tickets might be resulting from motorists being keenly aware of marked police cruisers and dropping their phones in midtext before getting busted. Temple said that Cintron didn’t admit to the violation. But he said the driver’s actions were plainly visible as he was making his turn. “I guess it’s just luck of the draw,” he said. Cintron could not be reached for comment. County Attorney Chris Gardner said the first ticket is an indication that law enforcement officers are starting to watch for the infractions a bit closer. He admitted that keeping an eye out for a texting driver is a bit more difficult than a motorist talking on a cellphone. “You’ve got to get the police used to looking for it,” he said. “It’s a little more difficult than the police looking out for people using a cellphones.” And the citation in the city may not be the only one. Gardner said a witness to a motor vehicle accident that occurred over the Fourth of July weekend indicated that the driver may have been texting at the time. “We’re hoping this will begin to reduce that particular problem,” he said. Gardner doesn’t anticipate the county seeing a flood of texting while driving citations but does foresee a steady stream. He frequently sees motorists who appear to be texting behind the wheel. ...............>>>>.........>>>>>........http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....3&Continuation=1
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Beginning March 1, Schenectady will become the latest county in the state to ban texting while driving.
February 5, 2009, 8:39am
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SCHENECTADY — Law enforcement agencies will be cracking down this month and in March on drivers using cellphones while driving in Schenectady County, according to the Schenectady County Traffic Safety Board.
On to 4 months later...
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July 1, 2009, 8:28am Schenectady County police are itching to give tickets to texters Wednesday, July 1, 2009
SCHENECTADY COUNTY — Lt. Jason Temple of the Schenectady County Sheriff’s Department is eager to write a ticket for the next driver he sees tapping out a text message on a cellphone. Law enforcement officials roundly agree that the practice is dangerous. Yet after more than four months on the books, the county’s law enforcement agencies have yet to nab a single motorist for violating the county’s ban on texting while driving. “I always dream about giving one,” said Temple, who also heads the county’s Traffic Safety Board. “But nobody in the county has given one yet.” Just two days before the traffic stop, Temple was among a group of patrolmen that expressed dismay that a motorist hadn’t yet been caught.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
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Lt. Jason Temple was on duty heading toward the Schenectady County Sheriff’s Department in a marked cruiser when he noticed Cintron driving with a mobile device in his hands near the intersection of Nott Street and Van Vranken Avenue, he said.
Looks like one person was the mouthpiece for this, wanted to give tickets for it, and finally got to show how much of an issue this is. I wonder if we'll hear reports of any more of these offendors. Will this be reported like this for each major bust?
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“We’re hoping this will begin to reduce that particular problem,” [County Attorney Chris Gardner] said.
This MUST be a big issue...over 4 months and no tickets to speak of...then they got one. Of course, the reason that they hadn't caught anybody yet? That's right, it's your fault...(and guess who’s explaining it again)
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Just two days before the traffic stop, Temple was among a group of patrolmen that expressed dismay that a motorist hadn’t yet been caught. He suggested that the lack of tickets might be resulting from motorists being keenly aware of marked police cruisers and dropping their phones in midtext before getting busted.
No issues for 4 months, then a puff piece is done (sorry, Justin, but I don't really see a reason for the July 1 story, except for the fact that since the day that the law was announced, there was no news on it). Then, the crack down begins. Don’t look at that phone, it may just be a text message from Big Brother.
...and no, Sal, I don't hate the cops or wish that something would happen to them, like I know you want to reply...I just think that there's more important things they could be doing than driving around looking for someone playing with their phones. I think asking the police to do something like this when there are much bigger issues is ludicrous.
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