[Elecraft] Headphone police

[Brian Mury]

On Sun, 2005-29-05 at 09:25 -0700, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: 
> When I lived in California some years ago, any driver with a cell phone in a
> collision had his/her phone record checked.

> Proving that your attention or reactions were in no way impaired can be very
> tough.  

Proving that the cell phone was in use at the time doesn't prove that
the driver was using it. Someone else could have been using it (either
as a passenger in the vehicle or elsewhere). It could have been
connected to a modem and laptop which was downloading a file in the back
seat at the time. It could have been connected but not actually in use
at the time of the accident ("hang on, I'm gonna put down the phone and
pay attention to traffic, I'll be back in a moment"). Without witnesses
who saw the driver using the phone, checking phone records proves
nothing.

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73, Brian
VE7NGR