It is against the law to use a cell phone (without a handsfree device) or text while driving in Oregon. Unlike a number of other states, it is a primary offence here which means they can pull you over even if you aren't doing anything else wrong. They tend to nail people in the evening when it is super easy for a cop to spot the people on the cell phone due to the nice bright glow around their head :)
Suffice to say, I'm all in favor of it. I have a blue tooth headset that I wear while commuting and I try not to talk at all, but if I need to, I've got the headset in already. If I'm just driving around the neighborhood or something I don't wear it and then just ignore the call or pull over. Judah On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Scott Stewart <webmas...@sstwebworks.com> wrote: > > "It would not apply to hand-free devices or to passengers." > > So go buy a $20 Bluetooth earpiece and talk all ya want, Android phones > have a speech to text feature that's entirely hands free. > > My right to a reasonable expectation of safety trumps someone else's > "right" to yammer endlessly with a cellphone plastered to the side of their > head and one less hand on the wheel > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:344478 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
