http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/10672287/

2/1/2012 10:25:31 AM

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"JEFF GORDON SAID"

2/1/2012 10:26:57 AM

I wonder if cops ever get into wrecks while they are looking to see if another driver is texting.

2/1/2012 10:27:15 AM

i thought that this was already something to not do?

2/1/2012 10:28:14 AM

lol, like they're not going to pop a chub at the opportunity to give you a ticket for it any other day

2/1/2012 10:40:29 AM

silly - cops are too busy reading tww on those fancy laptops in each cruiser.

2/1/2012 11:02:43 AM

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"Other common driving distractions include eating, reading and adjusting the radio."

should have included: "children"

2/1/2012 11:04:19 AM

Anyone else ever gone flying by a cruiser parked beside the road, not gotten pulled, and wondered if the cops wife was texting him or something?

2/1/2012 11:04:53 AM

i usually assume they're looking at a billboard of "Casino le Fantastique Sally" while beating their meat and choking themselves

2/1/2012 11:10:49 AM

2/1/2012 11:11:40 AM

i eat and drive all the time #roadwarrior

2/1/2012 11:32:35 AM

You can still e-mail and post on FB, right?

2/1/2012 11:33:59 AM

no, but tweeting is allowed because of the character limit

2/1/2012 11:35:13 AM

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"Distracted driving is just as dangerous as impaired driving"

So why are DUI laws so harsh compared to distracted driving?

Oh, yeah! MADD!

2/1/2012 2:03:41 PM

U MADD?

2/1/2012 2:08:22 PM

"I was just dialing a phone number officer"

2/1/2012 2:16:51 PM

Bluetooth and voice-to-text FTW

2/1/2012 2:20:24 PM

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"You can still e-mail and post on FB, right?"

I believe you can read email and read facebook. However, no typing out text is what the law forbids.

2/1/2012 2:22:41 PM

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""I see a lot of people driving with their elbows on the steering wheel, texting with one hand," Highway Patrol Sgt. Jeff Gordon said."

that sounds harder than just using, i dunno, the other non-texting hand to hold the steering wheel

folks need to get them some swype

2/1/2012 2:23:00 PM

I have to text with 2 hands

But I don't drive with my elbows. I use my knees

2/1/2012 2:24:12 PM

The only wreck I have ever been in was texting and driving while leaving the bar.

2/1/2012 2:28:29 PM

How the fuck do they plan on catching people? How can you verify someone is texting while on the goddamn highway?

2/1/2012 2:28:37 PM

That's the hard part. It's pretty difficult to. My sister had her texting while driving ticket thrown out because the cop wrote "looking at phone while driving" and that's not prohibited by statute.

I guess it would be pretty obvious though, if a cop pulls up beside you and you've got both hands on the phone and your thumbs are going like mad. It's not hard to see what other people are doing in their cars.

2/1/2012 2:30:41 PM

I got pulled over for texting and driving once, but I actually wasn't texting and driving...I was just adjusting my GPS. I showed the cop and he at 1st didnt believe me, but I had to show him my last text was over 15 mins prior and he let me go with a "verbal warning".


But to ask how are they going to catch people?

Unmarked cop cars and people with bright as fuck phones at night....Trust me you can spot a smart phone from a distance(that is unless you mistake their gps)

2/1/2012 2:39:38 PM

Just another reason to stop people and poke around for other "violations" to get that tax $$...The safety bs is just a smoke screen.

2/1/2012 3:03:51 PM

State Troopers? Or State Revenue Collectors?

2/1/2012 3:09:01 PM

one is a subset of the other

2/1/2012 3:26:21 PM

Somebody got ticketed for eating some fries while driving today.

2/1/2012 7:46:03 PM

gonna be funny if they pull someone over for what they think is eating and the person is chewing gum

2/1/2012 7:47:34 PM

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"i thought that this was already something to not do?"

buzz killington

2/1/2012 7:53:50 PM

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"i eat and drive all the time #roadwarrior"

Same here. I don't want to wake up 10 minutes earlier just to eat breakfast in the house.

2/1/2012 11:40:05 PM

I saw SHP with a car pulled over on Kaplan today....wth?

Since when does SHP patrol Kaplan Drive?

2/2/2012 4:58:56 PM

since pedophiles with golden porches moved in

2/2/2012 4:59:57 PM

since when is it against the law to eat while you are driving??

i eat a bowl of cereal on the way to work every morning.

[Edited on February 2, 2012 at 5:10 PM. Reason : ]

2/2/2012 5:10:03 PM

^^^since forever- didn't you used to live off Kaplan? People speed all the time there, and cops get them from time to time. As a guy who was at kentwood a lot, I saw people getting pulled all the time. And I'm glad- I've seen people flying down that road.

missed SHP. dunno about all that, but it is close enough to the interstate that it doesn't really surprise me. If I were HP and in an area and saw someone driving like a dickhole, I'd get him too. Also, dude man could have pulled off and not actually pulled over until kaplan

[Edited on February 2, 2012 at 5:17 PM. Reason : e]

2/2/2012 5:16:25 PM

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"since pedophiles with golden porches moved in"

I tried to find an image of a golden porch, but I could not.

2/2/2012 5:20:23 PM

Alright remember kids, if a law enforcement member asks to see your phone advise them a warrant will be required for that!

2/2/2012 7:56:02 PM

haha golden porches. i'm gonna say it was an iphone autocorrect mistake as to deflect.

2/2/2012 7:57:38 PM