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Site Supporter   Location: Spanaway WA Joined: Wed Jul 6, 2011 Posts: 6312 Real Name: Hugo Stiglitz 
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mislabeled wrote: deadshot2 wrote: Maybe so but it's been that way ever since "technology" started showing up in cars and people started focusing more on it than on driving. There IS a difference, whether or not people like it, between people who just diddle with their phones while driving and people who are trained to multi-task while driving. Should officers be using their cell phones while driving? Probably not. Fact remains that many departments don't have enough officers on the road to allow for them to park and take care of phone calls. They have to "multi-task" and handle phone calls while driving to their next complaint. I can't recall ever seeing a police officer talking on his phone while responding to an emergency but talking on the radio is pretty much expected. Anyway, it really doesn't matter if we think it's bullshit, that's the way it is. It might not be possible to train someone to multi-task and people who think they're good multi-taskers might be fooling themselves. They may become more proficient at switching from one task to another through practice, but humans aren't very good at doing multiple things at once. At least that's what some brain researchers said in this NPR story -- http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95256794 It's several years old but I doubt our brains have changed much in the interim. If anything, shouldn't LEOs have less need to multi-task while driving, not more? After all, they have a radio with dispatchers directing them and feeding them information. That can be accomplished just by keying the mic. zombie66 wrote: Can I still diddle myself while driving? We haven't even established that someone else can diddle you while you're driving. Ok, I guess Ill hold off for now....... |
| Thu Jul 20, 2017 4:39 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Lynnwood and at large Joined: Wed May 1, 2013 Posts: 21268 Real Name: Vick Lagina
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zombie66 wrote: Can I still diddle myself while driving? Josh said he'd do it for you. _________________ “Finding ‘common ground’ with the thinking of evil men is a fool’s errand” ~ Herschel Smith "The “A return to First Principles in a Republic is sometimes caused by simple virtues of a single man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example. Before all else, be armed!” ~ Niccolo Machiavelli Láodòng zhèng zhūwèi zìyóu FJB |
| Thu Jul 20, 2017 4:51 pm |
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 Location: Union Gap Joined: Sun Mar 27, 2016 Posts: 1722 Real Name: Randall Knapp
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I am just in hick town Yakima but I get stuck behind idiots that can barely chew gum and walk let alone talk on their cell phones and drive an automatic. Every damned light they slow traffic down. The law is not stringent enough. Yes i have a cell phone but I pull off the road to make a call and the rest of the time my phone is off.
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| Thu Jul 20, 2017 4:52 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Bellingham Canada Joined: Thu Jan 3, 2013 Posts: 4999 Real Name: Josheewa
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jukk0u wrote: zombie66 wrote: Can I still diddle myself while driving? Josh said he'd do it for you. I know the equipment, and me so horney. _________________ It must be frustrating always being the smartest person in the room.-Jagerbomber35 Divided we fall. |
| Thu Jul 20, 2017 5:32 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Spanaway WA Joined: Wed Jul 6, 2011 Posts: 6312 Real Name: Hugo Stiglitz
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I also heard a rumor that you would do "anything" for a bag of dried Kale Chips.....
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| Thu Jul 20, 2017 5:37 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Marysville, WA Joined: Fri Jul 22, 2011 Posts: 11581 Real Name: Mike
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hartcreek wrote: I am just in hick town Yakima but I get stuck behind idiots that can barely chew gum and walk let alone talk on their cell phones and drive an automatic. Every damned light they slow traffic down. The law is not stringent enough. Yes i have a cell phone but I pull off the road to make a call and the rest of the time my phone is off. The one that bugs me the most is the driver (for some reason always a middle aged woman) who drives down the middle lane on a 3 lane freeway at 35-40 mph. I can honk the shit out of my horn for the butt-wipe at the intersection but for the slowpoke texter on the freeway, I have to focus on changing lanes around her. Sooner or later someone will just run over her but I'd rather it be some Canadian Truck Driver that doesn't give a shit about our traffic laws than me. Harsh but two hazards will be removed. The flattened texter obviously and the trucker who will probably be barred entry from Canada (only to be replaced by an equally irresponsible Canadian truck driver. You have to live North of Seattle to appreciate the hazard the Canadian truckers pose on our freeways. BTW, did I miss the official declaration that made today "Drive line an Asshole day"? I left my house this morning to run some errands. From the first street I came to all the way to the end of my "run", no less than a half dozen drivers either didn't stop when entering the main street from side streets or ran lights that had been red for at least several seconds BEFORE they entered the intersection. Weird! _________________ "I've learned from the Dog that an afternoon nap is a good thing" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother" - William Shakespeare |
| Thu Jul 20, 2017 5:48 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Bellingham Canada Joined: Thu Jan 3, 2013 Posts: 4999 Real Name: Josheewa
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zombie66 wrote: I also heard a rumor that you would do "anything" for a bag of dried Kale Chips..... Just the tip for a kale chip. _________________ It must be frustrating always being the smartest person in the room.-Jagerbomber35 Divided we fall. |
| Thu Jul 20, 2017 6:53 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Kentucky Joined: Fri Jan 16, 2015 Posts: 11088
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zombie66 wrote: Can I still diddle myself while driving? I don't think you're big enough to be considered 'hand held' Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk _________________ You may be right, I may be crazy, but it just may be a lunatic you're looking for |
| Thu Jul 20, 2017 10:05 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Lynnwood and at large Joined: Wed May 1, 2013 Posts: 21268 Real Name: Vick Lagina
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RocketScott wrote: zombie66 wrote: Can I still diddle myself while driving? I don't think you're big enough to be considered 'hand held' Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Little feet...little... ...is what I've heard. _________________ “Finding ‘common ground’ with the thinking of evil men is a fool’s errand” ~ Herschel Smith "The “A return to First Principles in a Republic is sometimes caused by simple virtues of a single man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example. Before all else, be armed!” ~ Niccolo Machiavelli Láodòng zhèng zhūwèi zìyóu FJB |
| Fri Jul 21, 2017 5:23 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Nampa, Idaho Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 19463 Real Name: Rick
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They say you cannot hold your phone, at all, in the car. Not even at the stop light.
Soooo... can the wife hold it up to your ear for you? Can I hold a toy cell and pretend to be talking on it? Distracted driving? What if I look at my gas gauge or speedometer? I eagerly await the first lawsuit.  _________________ ‘What’s the point of being a citizen if an illegal gets all the benefits’ |
| Fri Jul 21, 2017 7:13 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Skagit county Joined: Sat Apr 21, 2012 Posts: 1389 Real Name: Dave
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quantsuff wrote: How are going to respond when the LEO asks for your phone password to "gather evidence," such as your activity log? No problem officer but I would like to see your warrant first, you know that pesky 4th amendment thingy Also no smoking or coffee.....Who the hell is goin to post my bail for road rage now? _________________ kf7mjf wrote: WaGuns Clue. It was a Night Op in the library with an AK Pistol by TW... |
| Fri Jul 21, 2017 7:38 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Piece/Clallam Joined: Wed Oct 17, 2012 Posts: 10688
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this is just a way for police to racially profile. its Washingtons version of #stopandfrisk.
it should never be a primary offense. it should only be enforced if you cant drive like a normal person. harassment plain and simple. while the NAACP just puts the strap-on on and rapes everyone not caring _________________  Yaki's - last journey Promote a Growth Mindset. Don't let a fixed mindset not allow change for the better. pow·er trip - noun - a self-aggrandizing quest for ever-increasing control over others. |
| Fri Jul 21, 2017 8:27 pm |
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Site Moderator   Location: Marysville Joined: Thu Mar 22, 2012 Posts: 13503 Real Name: Mike
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Why's everything gotta be about race?
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| Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:40 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Spanaway WA Joined: Wed Jul 6, 2011 Posts: 6312 Real Name: Hugo Stiglitz
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sinus211 wrote: Why's everything gotta be about race? Because its an easy out. |
| Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:42 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: olympia Joined: Sat Sep 21, 2013 Posts: 3784
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How do smart watches fit into this mix? You are holding it in a capacity? Or how about the fact that I can text from my car's in dash system? Too much he said he said.
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