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Old Wed Dec 30, 2009, 06:57am
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Hopefully you have no plans on driving in Oregon as they just passed a new law there that makes talking on the cell phone a primary infraction for getting pulled over.
The Oregon law doesn't generally ban talking on the phone while driving, it just requires the use of a "hands free" device. There are also a whole bunch of exemptions....
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Old Wed Dec 30, 2009, 02:19pm
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The Oregon law doesn't generally ban talking on the phone while driving, it just requires the use of a "hands free" device. There are also a whole bunch of exemptions....
Exemptions: using of a hands-free device, calling in an emergency, other exemptions.

How the news up here is reporting it is how I was stating it, that there in Oregon if you're holding your cell phone & driving, they can pull you over just for that alone.

Not the same here in Washington, they have to pull you over for something else (speeding, reckless driving, etc.) & catch you talking on your cell phone while the infraction is happening.
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Old Wed Dec 30, 2009, 02:26pm
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Exemptions: using of a hands-free device, calling in an emergency, other exemptions.

How the news up here is reporting it is how I was stating it, that there in Oregon if you're holding your cell phone & driving, they can pull you over just for that alone.

Not the same here in Washington, they have to pull you over for something else (speeding, reckless driving, etc.) & catch you talking on your cell phone while the infraction is happening.
What if you're an ambulance driver? Can you talk on your cell phone to get directions to pick up an injured player? You should hurry because some states won't allow a parent to check on this player in the meantime.
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Old Wed Dec 30, 2009, 02:30pm
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What if you're an ambulance driver? Can you talk on your cell phone to get directions to pick up an injured player? You should hurry because some states won't allow a parent to check on this player in the meantime.
Yeah the one exemption that doesn't make some sense, emergency vehicle operators can actually talk on their cell phones while holding it while on the job. I can see if they're getting directions to an accident scene, but not to talk business other than what they need to be doing.

Here our ambulance crew is volunteer, most of the time the driver is on the phone, it's due to their farm business or family calls them while they're driving the ambulance.
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Old Wed Dec 30, 2009, 03:39pm
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Yeah the one exemption that doesn't make some sense, emergency vehicle operators can actually talk on their cell phones while holding it while on the job. I can see if they're getting directions to an accident scene, but not to talk business other than what they need to be doing.

Here our ambulance crew is volunteer, most of the time the driver is on the phone, it's due to their farm business or family calls them while they're driving the ambulance.
Good to know.
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Old Wed Dec 30, 2009, 03:50pm
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No, just my personal observation. It's not against the law down here, but I swear, every time I see a state trooper on I-64 they are gabbing on the phone, and they never look like official calls.
My son goes to CNU. I detest 64 between Richmond and Norfolk if there's more than one other vehicle on the road! Especially on a Friday during the spring/summer months.

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How often are the most guilty ones, law enforcement, in any violation?
I don't know, how often? As a former military policeman, I await your well informed, statistcally backed up answer.
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Old Wed Dec 30, 2009, 03:51pm
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Old Thu Dec 31, 2009, 04:42am
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My son goes to CNU. I detest 64 between Richmond and Norfolk if there's more than one other vehicle on the road! Especially on a Friday during the spring/summer months.

I don't know, how often? As a former military policeman, I await your well informed, statistcally backed up answer.
I agree. Weekend traffic on 64 & 95 around the River City (Richmond) is horrendous.
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Old Fri Jan 01, 2010, 05:33pm
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Yeah the one exemption that doesn't make some sense, emergency vehicle operators can actually talk on their cell phones while holding it while on the job. I can see if they're getting directions to an accident scene, but not to talk business other than what they need to be doing.

Here our ambulance crew is volunteer, most of the time the driver is on the phone, it's due to their farm business or family calls them while they're driving the ambulance.
And how the EFF do you know this? Do you ride around w/ them on every call? Do you stop at car wrecks and point out their mistakes like you do to referees, I mean you are an expert at everything. It's not true what they say about ***-U-MING. The only person you are making an *** out of is yourself, and you do it quite well. I swear you know everything about everything and everybody and nobody does anything right enough for you.

I have tried to tolerate you and your stupid *** posts full of assumptions and general know-it-all-ness but I can't anymore. You are an annoying pain in the *** and I will now be trying to locate some kind of an ignore button on here.
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Old Fri Jan 01, 2010, 05:37pm
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I will now be trying to locate some kind of an ignore button on here.
The "edit ignore list" feature is located under "User CP" feature in the upper left of the forum.
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Old Fri Jan 01, 2010, 06:06pm
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The "edit ignore list" feature is located under "User CP" feature in the upper left of the forum.
Sounds like grunewar has some experience with this feature. He probably won't be reading this because I'm sure that I'm on his ignore list.
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Old Fri Jan 01, 2010, 06:54pm
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And how the EFF do you know this? Do you ride around w/ them on every call? Do you stop at car wrecks and point out their mistakes like you do to referees, I mean you are an expert at everything. It's not true what they say about ***-U-MING. The only person you are making an *** out of is yourself, and you do it quite well. I swear you know everything about everything and everybody and nobody does anything right enough for you.

I have tried to tolerate you and your stupid *** posts full of assumptions and general know-it-all-ness but I can't anymore. You are an annoying pain in the *** and I will now be trying to locate some kind of an ignore button on here.
Before the insurance changed to where only the ambulance crew is with the patient, I rode shotgun when my wife was being transported the 65 miles to the hospital. Like I have stated in a previous post, the ambulance crews here are volunteer, since this area is high in agriculture it's common place for the driver or other ambulance crew members to be involed with farming.
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Old Fri Jan 01, 2010, 08:47pm
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Before the insurance changed to where only the ambulance crew is with the patient, I rode shotgun when my wife was being transported the 65 miles to the hospital. Like I have stated in a previous post, the ambulance crews here are volunteer, since this area is high in agriculture it's common place for the driver or other ambulance crew members to be involed with farming.
Where am I?
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Old Fri Jan 01, 2010, 10:10pm
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Before the insurance changed to where only the ambulance crew is with the patient, I rode shotgun when my wife was being transported the 65 miles to the hospital. Like I have stated in a previous post, the ambulance crews here are volunteer, since this area is high in agriculture it's common place for the driver or other ambulance crew members to be involed with farming.
You might as well have said you stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
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Around here the most prevalent "driving while celling" offenders are police officers and state troopers.
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