Texting while Driving Fine

[andyzee]

I wanna know when serve and protect turned into stop and collect.

 

[deadheadskier]

I wanna know when serve and protect turned into stop and collect.

There's a reason it's called the "Commonwealth" of Massachusetts.

 

[andyzee]

There's a reason it's called the "Commonwealth" of Massachusetts.

Are you saying its a communist state?

 

[ScottySkis]

I wanna know when serve and protect turned into stop and collect.

+1 in NY we have a million speed traps and it ridiculous.

 

[darent]

Are you saying its a communist state?

no ,it is a collection state. It is all about the money!! fees,fines,licenses,permits,stickers,on and on

 

[ScottySkis]

no ,it is a collection state. It is all about the money!! fees,fines,licenses,permits,stickers,on and on

So is NY, I just paid 100$ to resister because I moved out of NYC they said they price went up.

 

[marcski]

So you have to pay for justice in MA? Somehow that doesn't seem right.

 

[Nick]

You going to challenge it?

Yeah figured I'd give it a shot. Sent in my hearing request yesterday

 

[Nick]

There's a reason it's called the "Commonwealth" of Massachusetts.

It is ridiculous. I own four businesses - two llc and two s-corp - and they each cost around $500 per year to keep registered in MA. The next most expensive state used to be 190$. Not sure if that is still the case today. Fees are crazy.

 

[andyzee]

Yeah figured I'd give it a shot. Sent in my hearing request yesterday

Good luck

 

[Cannonball]

This thread is a downer. Based on the title I thought you revealing new research that shows: Texting While Driving Fine. Made me feel better about how often I do it.

 

[bigbog]

Fwiw...it IS so profit-making oriented..
First time = Warning...No ticket and No Insurance Company Hit, second time = loss of license for ~10 years...with vehicle(s) sold @auction of time-limited choice. No time clipped for discovering religion..etc.
Let the joint-smokers-only out asap..and while this society keeps whining about loss of construction jobs....build some more friggin prisons = immediate jobs for those let out of prison.
$.01

 

[ScottySkis]

Fwiw...it IS so profit-making oriented..
First time = Warning...No ticket and No Insurance Company Hit, second time = loss of license for ~10 years...with vehicle(s) sold @auction of time-limited choice. No time clipped for discovering religion..etc.
Let the joint-smokers-only out asap..and while this society keeps whining about loss of construction jobs....build some more friggin prisons = immediate jobs for those let out of prison.
$.01

In NY we have lots of prisons to many.

 

[MadMadWorld]

It is ridiculous. I own four businesses - two llc and two s-corp - and they each cost around $500 per year to keep registered in MA. The next most expensive state used to be 190$. Not sure if that is still the case today. Fees are crazy.

They had something on the news the other day that MA ranked around 40th for how small business friendly they are. Whatever that means....

 

[Geoff]

Distracted driving in general is dangerous, but studies cited by the AJC indicate that texting while driving in particular causes 1.6 million accidents per year, more than 500,000 injuries and 6,000 deaths nationwide. The practice is unsafe and a real monster. Most states have texting while driving laws which stop it, but the DOT has thrown $550,000 toward researching whether such regulations have an impact. Article source: Texting while driving legislation.<EDIT>SPAM link replaced</EDIT>

A hidden link to "cardealexpert.com" phishing for click-thrus? Nice spam.

I like that Waze automatically goes to "night mode" with a black background when it's dark. Less chance of getting busted by a revenue-hungry cop who sees the telltale glow of a smartphone. I always have that social networking/mapping application open when I'm driving because it's so good at spotting speed traps. I always report them to Waze when I see them.

When I'm driving I always have both Waze and Google Maps open with Google Maps set to show traffic. I wish somebody would sell a heads-up display that pushed my smartphone to the windshield.

 

[ctenidae]

I wish somebody would sell a heads-up display that pushed my smartphone to the windshield.

This. On my way to drop my son off at school, woman coming the other way was all in my lane, looking down in her lap, clearly texting. If it were on her windshield, or even if she held the phone up on the steering wheel, at least she'd have had some peripheral awareness of what she was doing.

Of course, the better solution is DON'T TEXT AND DRIVE. You're not that important, but the person you crash into/run off the road/ run over might be.

I can't decide if I should enact my "Yeah, I'm honking at you" program, and start laying on the horn every time I see someone texting, or talking on the phone (by the way, holding the speakerphone in front of your face is not "hands free"). I'm just afraid that I'll startle people so badly they'll do something even more stupid.

 

[Nick]

This thread is a downer. Based on the title I thought you revealing new research that shows: Texting While Driving Fine. Made me feel better about how often I do it.

Lol. Im occasionally guilty myself and I know I shouldn't do it.

Sent from my SCH-I545 using AlpineZone mobile app

 

[MadMadWorld]

There's so many advancements in voice technology, I can't understand why people text and drive. Siri is your friend.

 

[bigbog]

The texting-thing really makes just standing in back of one's vehicle, Wherever, something to think about...

 

[Nick]

There's so many advancements in voice technology, I can't understand why people text and drive. Siri is your friend.

I do actually use that quite a bit. Android's is very adept also for the most part.