Re: State Farm files patent for system to suppress calls and text while driving

On 6/9/24 11:42, AJL wrote:

Klyde wrote:
 

There was a repeat violator with no drivers license on a zoom call
court appearance with a judge while he was driving.

 In later news reports it turned out that the guy actually had a valid
drivers license but the government screwed up in reporting it.
 

These people need to be stopped...

 In my younger days (60's) I operated a mobile ham radio CW (morse code)
rig in the car while driving cross country. (Code is like a second
language that can be read in your head without writing it down. I
generally went 20-40 WPM.) Lots of fun. Makes using a mobile cell these
days seem seem like duck soup...  :-O

Them days meant a totally different environment all around. Gas was 20 cents a gallon and I don't remember EVER having heard of anyone brake-checking OR refusing (just because they had the right of way) to let in someone who for any number of reasons ended up merging too late! I got my first license in '58 I think and the only requirement was to be tall enough to be seen over the counter as you reached up to give the two dollar fee to the clerk at city-hall. I got me an unlimited license good for any road-train configuration, like all farmer boys did as a matter of necessity. Then over the years the stinking bean-counters degraded it to just an ordinary car in recognition of a lifetime of accident-free defensive driving because I wouldn't even cough up the big-rig fees now over $200.

The only calls that should be permitted from a moving vehicle are
emergency calls.

 Yup. And tape also needs to be applied to all passenger's mouths...

They mostly know when to shut the F up, but some might go into shrieking fits in a tight spot and that don't help any :-)