CHP plans 24-hour crackdown on drivers using cellphones

reply to post by popsmayhem


I'm going to have to look more closely..that this could be fairly common,(being I've seen twice in short time) in itself is disturbing.
Thnx

reply to post by boymonkey74

It just seems like we progress and get these little advantages to make life a little easier, then its gets abused..everytime and it ends up getting picked apart..its a shame really...

Originally posted by SolidFaith
reply to post by don rumsfeld

 

Yeah it's like they are zombies pretty much even on the college campus I almost bump into people because they are wobbling while texting. My friend got sent this and sent it to me at first I kind of laughed at it but now after reading this and thinking on it I really don't know what to say about it all. This is all from twitter and after Christmas.


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edit on 29-12-2011 by SolidFaith because: (no reason given)

Wow, just wow. We've created a society of narcissists.

reply to post by SolidFaith


hahaha..thats pretty funny in a way. Maybe these are the so called zombies that we need to be worried about

24 Hrs is that it?! If someone can't survive a day without touching their cell phones while driving they deserve to get a ticket, simple.

BLUE TOOTH!!

I just got one and i love it..

I never text while doing anything but sitting in a chair..lol..my typing sux..

but for hands free talking on the phone..gotta love it...

reply to post by wutz4tom


I wonder how this whole
circus turned out.

Love to see the numbers..

California needs the money
so IMO they are basically
just running a money making
donation drive where you are
forced to give.

reply to post by popsmayhem

Or maybe they are doing it to stop people using their mobile phones to save lives?

reply to post by popsmayhem


I just checked, but not seeing anything yet..I will check tomorrow.

reply to post by boymonkey74


Thats okay also, but what about after the 24 run is over? I think not much will change..sorry to say.

Originally posted by boymonkey74
reply to post by popsmayhem

 

Or maybe they are doing it to stop people using their mobile phones to save lives?

No there doing it for revenue,
now we hope it might save lives.
The main reason is to make money
follow the money. It is just clothed
as this were trying to save lives.

The government needs to keep there
nose out of our business.

The funny this is that this law is forcing police officers to do the action of what this laws is trying to prevent. (DWD) Driving while distracted. Oh the irony.

these are the results from a similar crackdown in August....

A similar distracted driving deterrent campaign, for 48 hours, was enforced by the CHP in Los Angeles County this past August. More than 85 percent of the recorded 494 citations handed out within the first 24-hour period of that crackdown involved people holding their phones while driving instead of using a hands-free device. Thirteen of the citations given during that first

reply to post by wutz4tom

 

August link

edit on 30-12-2011 by wutz4tom because: (no reason given)

There is already a code for driving while texting, 22350VC- unsafe speed.. safe speed being 0 mph / prima facia speed (22352.(a)vc) = 0. "No person shall drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable or prudent"

This is just another scam to generate probable cause so the AAA with a gun CHP (Cant Handel Policework) can further intrude on peoples lives / generate funds... under the guise of for "our safety".

They're deploying officers in street clothes / "plain wrap" vehicles to peer into vehicles.

Anyone interested should look into any publicly available Cali Highway Patrol "PCF" data (aka primary collision factors).. info collected on the CHP 555's (check boxes) which are standard for all Cal traffic collision investigations. I'll bet $, where legal, driving while texting is low on the PCF totem pole.

The #1 PCF for years & years has been failure to yield at an intersection..21801(a)vc.. ie making a left turn in-front oncoming traffic.

Yes.. I was traffic trained in Ca (collisions, DUIs, fatalities, gestapo check points) worked traffic related nonsense for years.. not proud of it either.

dmv.ca.gov...

reply to post by GovtFlu


First you say there is already a previous citation in place to get those drivers who use cell phones while driving. Then you say this is just another scam to intrude more on drivers? I'm confuzled