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   News to Jolly Roger   
   Re: Finally, California drivers can read   
   28 Feb 14 15:20:00   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, comp.mobile.ipad   
   From: News@Group.Post   
      
   On 2/28/2014 2:56 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:   
   > On 2014-02-28, Alan Baker  wrote:   
   >> On 2014-02-28 16:56:31 +0000, Jolly Roger said:   
   >>   
   >>> On 2014-02-28, nospam  wrote:   
   >>>> In article <280220140951248746%star@sky.net>, Davoud    
   >>>> wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>>> You are unlikely to convince me that   
   >>>>>>> it is safe to drive while attempting to read a complex map display.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> You're joking right? At this very moment, Simitian's office is   
   preparing a   
   >>>>>> bill to outlaw anything in a driver's hands other than the steering   
   wheel.   
   >>>>>> That means no cigarettes, no coffee, no portable GPS, not even a pair of   
   >>>>>> sunglasses. (http://www.senatorsimitian.com)   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> You think that's sane?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Quite sane.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> not even close to sane. it's ludicrous.   
   >>>   
   >>> Maybe in your black & white world. Or perhaps you are one of the   
   >>> assholes we see gripping their phones blabbing to who-know-who while   
   >>> recklessly speeding in the fast lane.   
   >>   
   >> I'm sorry, but before I can formulate a reply I need to gauge your biases.   
   >>   
   >> Are you saying that anyone who is exceeding the posted limit (i.e.   
   >> "speeding") is behaving "recklessly"?   
   >   
   > I'm saying that anyone babbling to their phones while exceeding the   
   > speed limit is putting themselves and all other drivers in the vicinity   
   > in danger.   
   >   
      
      
   (Note: self-styled boy racer will now attempt to justify a carve out and   
   exception for hisownself.)   
      
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