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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:21 PM Original message |
US Senators tell Apple and others to remove DUI checkpoint app |
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WingDinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. How dare they. The intention is to elevate safety THERE, not generate revenue. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. I hope Apple tells them to F-Off |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. Just what we need... |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. Never heard of PhantomAlert, but I use Trapster which does the same thing. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. I wish our Senators would be more concerned about the lack of |
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naaman fletcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. good to know they are trying to shut down speech they don't like. not. nt. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
7. Nobody who is together enough to use the ap would be caught |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Yes, but they can still nail non-impaired people with |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. You're saying you would be too impaired after two or three drinks to think to use an app? nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Here they are.. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
37. Wow. Just. Wow. |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. The new CB radio... |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. they can request all they want.. |
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SnoopDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. Is there a law against this APP? If not, Senators... |
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speltwon (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 11:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
46. I doubt any law could be written that would pass constitutional muster |
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Travelman (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
14. LOL! |
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ladywnch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. evidently, PhantomALERT hasn't paid its tithe to the Republican party yet. n/t |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 06:29 AM Response to Reply #15 |
51. Of course, as usual |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. What are 'Democrat Senators'?? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
18. Better article.. |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
19. drunk drivers couldn't operate an app - where are the jobs? |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
20. Seattle drivers downloading controversial app that helps dodge tickets |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
21. Senators: DUI checkpoint apps are "harmful to public safety" |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. They cannot legally ban these things. All they are doing is giving the company more publicity. |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. If it's harmful for public safety |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Some states have managed to outlaw sales of radar detectors... |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. You're probably right |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Or maybe those who just don't want to get held up in a DUI checkpoint? |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 05:38 AM Response to Reply #33 |
48. Nonsense. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. They might not be drunk. They could just be smuggling drugs. Or kidnapping someone. n/t |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. and if a DUI checkpoint catches somebody in the middle of doing one of those things |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. No, but they'll probably be sober enough to use the program. n/t |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Why not some house-to-house searches too? Just in case |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Fuck them all, hard. |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. the world burns and dems try to control social issues |
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Aryo (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. The DUI checkpoints are "harmful to public safety" |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. How are DUI checkpoints "harmful to public safety?" |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 05:44 AM Response to Reply #27 |
49. Because they're nothing but a way to bypass the constitution. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 08:13 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. If they are unconstitutional, the courts will throw out any convictions which they lead to |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. It would be interesting to find out if these things actually work |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. my county refuses to do dui checks. |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
35. So radar detectors are illegal in Ca |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
39. Bs, they have no right, I hope apple and others tell them to take a hike. |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
40. first off, I don't make it a habit of drinking and driving. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
41. If they make this illegal, would it be illegal to inform somebody, say by phone, of |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Virginia used to write tickets for warning other motorists of speed traps.. |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
43. Wow, I used that app for years. Back then it was called a "newspaper." |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 09:02 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. The Napa Register continues to do the same thing. It never made sense to me. n/t |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
44. The problem with the states' position is... |
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go west young man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
47. Shouldn't these jokes of senators go back to testing baseball |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 05:45 AM Response to Original message |
50. They'll be making another sale real soon now. |
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