[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
I have a feeling they are going to stop people just for using their phones. Using it is a good way to get pulled over. This was meant kind of as a joke, as I noted, I don’t use my phone while driving. I don’t even answer phone calls.[/quote]
Exactly. At least we’ll still be free. Another possibility: The facts that it is illegal to text and drive, and the person has done it will allow the state to record and retrieve that person’s phone activities and track all of his vehicles via GPS for the rest of his life. Why not? The person has been proven to have committed a crime that involves both his phone and vehicle, so why shouldn’t he be tracked to ensure that he does not violate the law again?
[quote]pat wrote:
You know, think about this, we gun owners should get on the ball and start shooting out the cameras. If you think about it, this is the type of situation the 2nd Amendment was created for, keeping the government in check.
Problem is, I am to chicken shit to do it myself. I am scared of going to jail. My tail feathers would be primed for the raping. But hey, should somebody get the notion, have my support. I will sit here like a coward and root for you.[/quote]
Yeah…I wouldn’t recommend that…especially since the cameras are being held by people. Governments are always held in check by what the majority wants. This was just posted to attempt to show how ridiculous the desires of the majority can be.
What can be done to counter the desires of the majority? I don’t know. It’s a lot harder to deal with millions and millions than it is to deal with one or a few ruler/s.[/quote]
Oh the cameras are being held by people? Well, aim carefully then don’t hit them.
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
If I were there (and was a car text-er) I’d change my phone background and lock screen to be an image of the texting screen. Then if I got pulled over they wouldn?t be able to say they didn?t just see the lock screen.[/quote]
That’s a good idea if one views being stopped and ticketed as desirable. The officer would still have probable cause to stop and ticket you. You could then go to court, perjure yourself(I guess you could state that your phone’s background is a texting screen and remain silent when asked questions, actually), and hope nobody could prove it. I think I’d stay away from that idea-if judges in most places are like they are here, I believe you would be easily convicted in general district court(although you could appeal and maybe, eventually, get a not guilty verdict…how much time is the average guy willing to spend fighting a minor ticket?).[/quote]
You can’t make a statement about the phone then “remain silent when questioned”. That’s not how the law works. You can choose not to give evidence; in which case you are not allowed to submit evidence. Once you do take the stand and submit evidence - about your phone or otherwise - you have waived your right to remain silent.
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
If I were there (and was a car text-er) I’d change my phone background and lock screen to be an image of the texting screen. Then if I got pulled over they wouldn?t be able to say they didn?t just see the lock screen.[/quote]
That’s a good idea if one views being stopped and ticketed as desirable. The officer would still have probable cause to stop and ticket you. You could then go to court, perjure yourself(I guess you could state that your phone’s background is a texting screen and remain silent when asked questions, actually), and hope nobody could prove it. I think I’d stay away from that idea-if judges in most places are like they are here, I believe you would be easily convicted in general district court(although you could appeal and maybe, eventually, get a not guilty verdict…how much time is the average guy willing to spend fighting a minor ticket?).[/quote]
You can’t make a statement about the phone then “remain silent when questioned”. That’s not how the law works. You can choose not to give evidence; in which case you are not allowed to submit evidence. Once you do take the stand and submit evidence - about your phone or otherwise - you have waived your right to remain silent.[/quote]
That’s correct. That’s why I originally said that you would have to perjure yourself…then second-guessed myself and went back to edit my original post with the statement in parentheses.
^^ You’re always going back and editing your posts. It’s a bad habit. Especially when you make some fundamental change to your original argument. Editing should only be used to add something new; an afterthought or to clarify your point.