Thread: Headset Law Goes Into Effect in CA Soon
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Old 05-21-2008   #11 (permalink)
lwd
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Originally Posted by SpeedoMike View Post
I believe the fine in California will be rather low so I expect people will still use phones and simply pay the nuisance ticket.
That maybe true, as the law comes into play. But I could easily see these fines being increased quickly as an extra revenue generator for the government. Given the recessive economy and mortgage meltdown we are experiencing, corporations and many government agencies are looking for more punitive ways to produce revenue. For example, I live in a nicer part of LA with an upscale demographic and the meter maids in this area are Nazis. I have seen them waiting in their little cars when street sweeping days occur (Th. and Fri. 9-12) at about 8:50, waiting to issue those tickets at 9:00 if the car still hasn’t been moved. It’s comical, really, that the government knows that this is a nicer part of town and people’s ability to pay the fines is much greater than the ghetto, for example.

PS I was in SF this past weekend and the streets there are a nuisance. I’m a pretty observant driver, but there were some funky intersections where I wasn’t sure what was going on with left turns and right of ways.