"Jim Douglas" wrote in message
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That's what we would call the "Poor Man's" hands-free device. I have also
seen the model which used duct tape! I wish the city I lived in had these
laws!

The whole country I'm living in has that law.. doesn't do a thing about the
problem. After all, what's the law to do when 50,000,000 people have cell
phones in a country of only 54,000,000.. and 70% of those drive? Yes, there
are a lot of hands-free units, and they are in wide use.. but there must be
over a million people that don't bother to use them. And guess what? Here
they have a helluva lot of cops, but not many of them are ever out on the
highways. Most of the highway policing is done with bubble gum machines
mounted on poles at the side of the road every half a kilometer, and with
radar speed cameras every few kilometers..

Now, if they DO manage to bust you using a cell phone with out a handsfree
while driving, you get a fine of something on the order of $2000 (or the
Korean equivalent), but when traffic in the cities is bumper to bumper
almost 24/7, that's not likely unless you are supremely unlucky. They also
have $1000 fines for not using seat belts (and they have cops standing on
street corners watching for violators on that one).