[HIham] Help Preserve our Rights for Mobile Radio!

[Bart Aronoff]

1.  Stopped by the roadside with engine running is not in the bill;  
rather, it results from definition of operating a motor vehicle used  
to prosecuting DUI.  Safe to assume the same legal standard would be  
applied in this case (whether it makes sense or not).

2.	You are right that the summary is incorrect; however, it is not  
part of the bill and has no legal significance.  Suggest you not  
dilute your testimony by  pointing out the inconsistency; rather,  
concentrate on what you want in/out of the bill itself.

Thank you for your support.  Hope you will have testimony in.

73/Aloha,

~Bart/WH6AA


On Feb 6, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Edward K. (Ned) Conklin wrote:

> Bart Aronoff wrote:
>> A group of HAMs (listed below) met tonight to discuss how we can
>> respond to a bill in the legislature (HB 143) which, if passed in its
>> current form, would make it illegal to operate a mobile radio while
>> operating a vehicle. This would include operating while parked on the
>> side of a road with the motor running.
>
> I have read the bill carefully.  I do not see that operation while
> stopped at the roadside is prohibited.  The bill only makes it illegal
> to use devices in "moving motor vehicles".
>
> On the last page (the page following the signatures), the summary of  
> the
> bill says "Exempts mobile radios".  This is absolutely not true, and
> should be pointed out in any testimony.  The bill as written exempts
> only commercial operators of vehicles weighing 5 tons or more.  All
> small delivery trucks, taxicabs, private cars, etc. are still  
> covered by
> the bill.
>
> Ned  KH7JJ
>
>
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