New House

[jsw]

...it has been scientifically proven that you have less control over your vehicle when you have a cell phone in your hand and up to your ear...

I work for Nokia and have never seen a study like that.

Of course, they might tend to keep us away from those.

But the cell phone doesn't reduce control any more than any other item in the hand, and less so than a drink, because people are more prone to dropping a phone to control the car than dropping a hot coffee or a super-sized soda.

Do we ban cup holders?

Oh, and on-topic: nice house, just beware the implications of buying it pre-marriage.

 

[~Shard~]

Anyhow, I couldn't agree more about the crazy living expense here. However, it would take more than a good job for me to move out of Victoria. I guess I just love this city too much even if it mean that I'll be poor.

I guess everyone have different priorities

I don't blame you at all - I absolutely love Victoria as well, more than Vancouver. In fact, I love the whole Island - it's a place I could definitely see myself retiring to eventually. From Nanaimo to Tofino, I love it all. Some of the places I've seen on the Island even rival places I saw in New Zealand and Australia, and are just as beautiful.

 

[m-dogg]

I only think the cell phone rule is stupid only because there are things that can be equally as distracting. Radios, standard transmissions with new drivers, small children, Navigation Systems, iDrive (!!!), I've seen multiple people reading books, combing hair, putting on lipstick, etc.

I agree completely. And I don't think those earpieces are comfortable to wear all the time you're driving. But watch out if you try to stick that thing in your ear while you're driving. I think I have a better shot of getting into an accident that way then if I was just answering the phone normally...

I think it's a scam. Good lobbying on the part of earpiece makers to get the law passed. I'm sure they do well each time a state passes a hands-free law and every cell phone owner runs out at the same time to buy a hands-free device. And then they move on to the next state & repeat...

 

[watcher2001]

Want to know ironic (yes this is very random)...

Today I drove to my girl friends house, I thought I was going to carpool to work with her but when I got to her house she realized she had a party to go to after work. So I left as she continued to get ready for work. I drove down her road, got onto the main road and saw a cop. She is a pretty aggressive driver so I called her to tell her there was a speed trap. She had left sooner than I had expected and as I was talking to her she drove by the cop and got pulled over. Not because she was speeding but because she was using her cell phone without a hands free device (new stupid CT law*)

*One of the major government guys who made that law now wants to ban cell phones in grocery stores

Just checking back to see if you had any luck getting your girlfriend out of this one?