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Cell Citation Notepad Makes You an Officer of Cell Phone Law

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2008-09-26 13:02:14 by geeksugar in geeksugar -- Geek is chic.
...Citation Notes ($4.50 Write the offender up a ticket detailing what they were doing wrong with their phone (the section for ringtone offenses kills me) and their punishment and hand it to them I cannot imagine what someone's face would look like as they were reading it I think I need to buy this notepad even if I get too shy to use it, but...
 
Tags: phone, cell phone rant, cell citation notes, ringtone offenses kills, notepad, hand, healthy, section, vent
 
 
 
 
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Cellphone as ear warmer

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2008-03-18 21:05:17 by willpark in IntoMobile
...citation for driving while using a mobile phone In many parts of the world , it's now illegal to drive with a cellphone pasted to the side of your face - it's distracting for the driver and just isn't a good look. Even drivers in California will soon face a new law that will require the use of hands-free headsets while behind the wheel (and...
 
Tags: cellphone, snoopy cellphone straps, cellphone altogether, mobile phone, klein argues, klein, ear, citation, nokia bh-800 review
 
 
 
 
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Cities Removing Red-Light Cameras To Increase Traffic Ticket Revenues

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2008-03-23 18:51:12 by Rob Beschizza in Gadget Lab
...citation-issuing moneyspinner, generating millions of dollars a year. Unfortunately, local drivers responded by simply driving legally, making the cameras an effective deterrent but an ineffective investment This deadly game of enterprise is part of a pattern. Charlotte and Fayetteville, N.C., recently disabled their traffic cameras when the...
 
Tags: cameras, profitable cameras, traffic cameras, city, city fathers hoped, red light cameras, revenues, city officials, police
 
 
 
 
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Introducing BBG's Band Manager: Marvin Battelle

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2008-04-17 16:18:01 by Marvin Battelle in Boing Boing Gadgets
...citation needed Anyway, the vote was unanimous: I would not become the fifth Boinger. However, as Xeni's boot was propelling me from Happy Mutant Headquarters with one deftly applied judo kick, I happened to meet another Boinger reject: Joel Johnson. As utterly forgotten by the future as he is by contemporary historians , I at first mistook...
 
Tags: happy mutant headquarters, ultimately joel, joel, future, future converts, marvin, marvin battelle, short demonstration, short
 
 
 
 
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Free headsets to those ticketed under new cell phone law

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2008-05-21 10:47:03 by Gadgetress in Gadgetress
...citation. This applies to anyone in the states with hands-free laws, including Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and the District of Columbia. Both California and Washington start their laws in July Sounds like a reward for annoying behavior, to me. But the company says its promotion is to encourage people to change their driving behavior A...
 
Tags: headsets, phone, cell phone, sells phone headsets, hands-free laws, laws, california, hands-free, california law
 
 
 
 
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Annals of Internal Medicine Article Advocates "Cost Effectiveness Analysis"

2008-06-17 10:35:52 by Tim in Medgadget
 
...citation for that claim. It might be in one of the referenced articles, but a point so central to the argument should be cited right there As a non-MD member of the Medgadget staff, this Medgadgeteer is more involved with expanding the costs of healthcare with innovative new devices. While effective management of reimbursement is obviously...
 
Tags: health, population health, medical reimbursement decisions, reimbursement, internal medicine, cost effectiveness, woeful status quo, garber, benefits statement arrives
 
 
 
 
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Jawbone maker giving $20 off if you got a traffic ticket for not using a Bluetooth headset

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2008-07-16 18:26:49 by Joel Johnson in Boing Boing Gadgets
...citation I'm reading a pre-press copy of Tom Vanderbilt's fascinating book "Traffic" about cars and how they shape us individually and as a society. (More on the book soon, including an interview with Mr. Vanderbilt.) One point of interest from the book regarding Bluetooth, however: some studies indicate that even using a Bluetooth headset...
 
Tags: bluetooth headset, headset, jawbone bluetooth headset, bluetooth, jawbone, jawbone page, bluetooth headsets, previously aliph, aliph
 
 
 
 
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Jawbone Offers Discount to Those Caught Phone-handed

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2008-07-16 15:32:45 by Brian X. Chen in Gadget Lab
...citation number at Jawbone's web site . Ultimately it's a marketing scheme, but it's a clever one that encourages people to avoid repeat violations Of course, abiding by this law doesn't make talking while driving anymore safe -- hands free or not . But, baa. We'll play along Jawbone maker giving $20 off if you got a traffic ticket for not...
 
Tags: jawbone, jawbone maker, discount, bluetooth headset, avoid repeat violations, traffic ticket, hands-free device, hands free, anymore safe
 
 
 
 
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Apple's lawsuit against Psystar examined

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2008-07-16 15:46:00 by Nilay Patel in Engadget
...citation next time, though? Just a thought Continue reading Apple's lawsuit against Psystar examined Permalink | Email this | Comments
 
Tags: apple, psystar, complaint apple filed, filed, psystar machine, complaint, eula, eula violations, factual allegations section