This anecdote is only funny if it didn't happen to you, but it didn't happen to me, so I'm recounting it for your amusment. D was on the phone with a real estate broker this morning, when the broker says (paraphrased), “Oh, I'm getting pulled over”. About an hour later, the broker called back and recounted that: she was driving from her house to a nearby Verizon store to pick up a replacement cell phone headset, was pulled over by a cop for talking on her cellphone while driving*, did not have her drivers license on her person, thus was arrested and taken down to jail. A friend bailed her out. Yikes.
*recent press coverage of a the lack of enforcement of the ban against using cell phone while driving, especially since a young man was killed has some relevance, no doubt.
A motorcyclist was killed Saturday in an accident caused by a driver talking on her cell phone, Chicago police said.Rodney Hadley, 23, of the 1800 block of South Homan Avenue, was struck by a vehicle in the 3400 block of West Ogden Avenue, according to a spokesman with the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Karen Watson, 20, of the 12300 block of South Emerald Avenue, was cited with failure to yield the right of way while making a left turn, failure to produce a driver's license, use of a mobile telephone while driving and no valid state registration, Officer JoAnn Taylor said.
I've been in several near-accidents due to careless cell phone yammers, I say, enforce the law, damn it! We have a bluetooth enabled connection always on in our car, which means if D and I are both in the car, I have to listen to her conversations.
