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   T0m $herman to Your Name   
   Re: Finally, California drivers can read   
   01 Mar 14 13:16:00   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.ipad, comp.mobile.android   
   From: twsherman@REMOVE_THISsouthslope.net   
      
   On 2/28/2014 12:36 AM, Your Name wrote:   
   > In article <201402272208359605-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>, Savageduck   
   >  wrote:   
   >> On 2014-02-28 04:36:04 +0000, Susan Sage  said:   
   >>> On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 20:07:52 -0800, Liam O'Connor wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 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?   
   >>>   
   >>> Nothing in California is sane.   
   >>>   
   >>> But what I want to know is whether an ipad with cellular is considered a   
   >>> cell phone?   
   >>   
   >> As long as you don't hold it up to your head.   
   >   
   > Apparently, until they change the stupidly restrictive wording of the   
   > law, you are currently "allowed" to play Angry Birds and other games   
   > while driving ... no doubt some idiot will now try playing a driving   
   > game while driving.   
   >   
   Such as the idiot young lady who almost forced me to ride over a curb   
   when she swerved over the double-yellow center-line while picking up her   
   tablet from the floor of the car?   
      
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