Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: greymausg Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Reversing the law that prohibits unlocking your cellphone Date: 14 Mar 2014 11:55:05 GMT Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <130320140939144749%timstreater@greenbee.net> X-Trace: individual.net YqwIzy9QoXr+ciYpkhpavAMoVLGAhWQRkaWN/b0P+QO2Vq5vsn Cancel-Lock: sha1:t4tPlH+OdT61ykLhderBUY5fewI= User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:1587 On 2014-03-13, Tim Watts wrote: > On 13/03/14 21:37, Oregonian Haruspex wrote: > >> Maybe a good solution, not involving extra technology, would be to >> require police to ascertain if a cell phone was in use at the time of >> any accident, automatically assign fault to the user, and treat it like >> a case of drunken driving with the attendant classes and insurance >> hikes. In southern Oregon (Curry County) the county takes your vehicle >> and auctions it off if you drive drunk. That's a powerful incentive to >> avoid risky behavior. Can't drive drunk without a car, and after a few >> repeats you won't be able to afford to drive anyway. >> > > Exactly. I think the actual answer is to get some more police on the > road and pay for them with punitive fines for serious offences. > > Driving without insurance - should be a couple of thousand fine straight > away. Ditto yabbering on a mobile, or being over the limit (drugs or > drink). > > 100 quid for a busted headlight - half the cars around here drive around > with half their lights out - no one cares. The law is hardly enforced > and if it is, it's a silly little fine, reduced if you pay up quick. Whadda Wimp.. Equip the cop cars with inline .5 machine guns, and blow any suspects to bits... -- maus . . ...