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[bbcof83]

Originally Posted by chseagle

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.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

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.

Originally Posted by chseagle

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.

[Mark Padgett]

Juulie - was your game at the Nike Interstate Shootout in L.O.?

[Juulie Downs]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Juulie - was your game at the Nike Interstate Shootout in L.O.?

No, I'm not back up to that level yet. Maybe next year. This was freshman girls at Lakeridge. I left plenty of time, knowing that Lakeridge is tricky to get to in the best of times, but didn't expect to arrive more than about 20 minutes early.

[Back In The Saddle]

So are you going to adjust your game day routine to allow for freak snow storms?

[Juulie Downs]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

So are you going to adjust your game day routine to allow for freak snow storms?

At the risk of running totally off topic-- I'm a firm believer in global warming, and these kinds of freak storms are proof. If the weather were the same as 100 years ago, I'd have allowed for it, since it wouldn't have been anything like "freak". This stuff happened fairly often and a winter with no snow (especially from Christmas forward) was extremely rare. These days, we've got mostly pretty mild winters with maybe one or two storms, generally very light and quick. Just not worth planning for. Especially not for a single freshman girls game in the middle of the afternoon, on a day when every weather forecaster in town is calling for dryer warmer weather for the next three or four days! ( And I was on the floor within about 30 seconds of the tip!)

[TimTaylor]

Originally Posted by Juulie Downs

At the risk of running totally off topic-- ..... If the weather were the same as 100 years ago, I'd have allowed for it, since it wouldn't have been anything like "freak". This stuff happened fairly often and a winter with no snow (especially from Christmas forward) was extremely rare. .....

I wouldn't know personally, haven't been around quite that long, so I'll have to defer to your greater experience gotcha!

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Juulie Downs

( And I was on the floor within about 30 seconds of the tip!)

Juulie - if we were scheduled to work a game together and you were even 30 seconds late, I would be furious. After all, you're just taking precious time away from me getting to be in ecstasy working with you.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Juulie Downs

I left plenty of time, knowing that Lakeridge is tricky to get to in the best of times, but didn't expect to arrive more than about 20 minutes early.

Serious question here. Is arriving at the site 20 minutes prior to tip-off acceptable/common in your area?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Serious question here. Is arriving at the site 20 minutes prior to tip-off acceptable/common in your area?

Here it is not that uncommon for a game played in the mid-afternoon. It's usually a question of availability of officials at that time. And that varies day to day sometimes. If you're short-handed and you need to use someone coming directly from work to cover the game, the last thing that you worry about is whether they get there in time to have a thorough pre-game. You just want to cover the game; everything else is gravy.

And most assignors will also give the school AD's a heads-up that if they want to play in the mid-afternoon on a busy day, their game might be a few minutes late starting the odd time.

So imo it is acceptable under those circumstances. Not only acceptable but necessary in some cases.

[Lcubed48]

Originally Posted by grunewar

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.

[eyezen]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

How do you know that? There's nothing in Juulie's post that indicates that the trip DIDN"T take more than an hour longer than she expected.

I agree that if she had a cell phone, she could have called.

Originally Posted by Juulie Downs

No, I'm not back up to that level yet. Maybe next year. This was freshman girls at Lakeridge. I left plenty of time, knowing that Lakeridge is tricky to get to in the best of times, but didn't expect to arrive more than about 20 minutes early.

And now we do...

Freshman game or not....20 minutes before tip is setting yourself up for issues.