lol guilty as charged here too.

See the link in my above post.

haha my bad, what if you have a passenger and your ipod is plugged in and say you get pulled over. would the officer blame the driver? even though the passenger was the one fidgeting with it?

I've been using a Bluetooth headset for the past few months in preperation of this law. I'm really glad that this came into effect and it just wont be a ticket but points on your drivers license as well :). They need to send a message out there that this is serious because there alot of people out there that don't pay enough attention when they're driving
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so who is ACTUALLY going to be using bt handsfree starting today?

I've been using it for years... ain't no big thang.

I am setting up my wife's phone today. Mostly because she sucks at driving, but partially because I want her to not crash the car anymore!

I've been using my headset for a while, and yeah, it confuses a lot of people around you when it looks like you're talking to yourself and shopping or just walking around a mall.

If you have a passenger, and they're the one who's playing with the mp3 player, etc. it should be fairly obvious. Generally, when someone's fiddling with texting or songs or watching movies, etc. etc. their driving becomes a little more erratic, cautious, and overall "stupid." At that point it becomes obvious to the officer, and isn't just a matter of seeing you with the actual device.

got my jawbone, but have yet to actually use it.

imo i think its too much of a hassle if you drive everyday and make a phone call once in awhile

I actually prefer talking using a handsfree, my arm gets tired after a while of holding the phone :D

Why are people allowed to have pets that sit on the drivers lap? I've seen that a lot, wouldn't that be more of a distraction since the pet can be unpredictable?

I've been using my car's bt so it's no biggy

But for some people its a big change
And I got to admit the pets while driving thing has to stop, they are un predictable and if there was an accident the airbag would push the dog right to the owner's face....
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Handsfree ftw. Car integration is the shiz.

I'm just going to buy a holder thingy for my iphone. It basically doubles as a GPS, no?

:haha::haha:

Are you allowed to pull over to the side of the road or highway shoulder to answer a call? Or is that considered as breaking the law since you are in the car and it is still running.

The answer is Yes you can do that. You just can't drive ei; foot on the accelarator etc etc). Put it in to park when you pull over hazards on hand brake etc etc, but you have voice mail right? Why not use that? :)

bought the jawbone jb2 plus last week in prep for today. Works good.

charged up my bluetooth but i doubt i'll actually bother to use it.

Just set up my cars BT and it works fairly well so far. Only annoying thing is you can't have a private conversation if somebody is in the car since the talking comes through the speakers. Oh wells it will do for now.

using the car's bluetooth now... LAME!! I say for the month of jan, I drive as much as I can with a cell phone in hand just to see how many times I get pulled :)

basically just one additional valuable left in the car.

at least for me, since I only use my BT headset in the car...

This law is good and all, but I didn't realize how much of a pain in the ass it is till today
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