---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <dc99535c-f82e-472c-b3db-6b293c46e858@googlegroups.com> Date: 29 Sep 2019 17:48:28 -0700 From: "Tom Horne" <hornetd.remove-this@and-this-too.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Australia uses new technology to catch drivers on phones On Thursday, September 26, 2019 at 12:59:49 PM UTC-4, Monty Solomon wrote: > CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - An Australian state is attempting to > persuade people to put down their smartphones while driving by rolling > out cameras to prosecute distracted motorists. > > New South Wales Roads Minister Andrew Constance said Monday that > Australia's most populous state is the first jurisdiction in > the world to use such technology to punish drivers distracted by > social media, text messages or phone calls. > > https://apnews.com/421bdbd1fac644739529fb1ed0a6fd0f > > The Telecom DIgest FAQ is at http://telecom-digest.org/faq.html Cameras are not the answer. Forcing the cellular carriers to deny service except for 911/999 calls when in motion at greater than a walking pace on a roadway is! Research has shown that a conversation that the driver can hear only 1 side of is just as distracting as one in which the driver is engaged. Emergency calls should be the only exception to NO cellular while in motion. For those of you who say it doesn't effect you, then you are part of the 0.5% of the population for which that is actually true. In other words only 1 out of every 200 of the population will not suffer a degradation of their driving performance when participating in a telephone conversation or hearing one side of such a conversation. The research subjects were young healthy college students with normal hearing and vision. This will never happen because the legislators want to use their cell phones while driving just like so many of their constituents but it is the only step that would reduce the carnage being caused by this newer addicting intoxicant. -- Tom Horne ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190930144716.GA3924@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 14:47:16 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: WA: Stevens County receiving reports of Verizon Wireless outages It is unknown when service will be restored. The Stevens Co. Sheriff's Office says those who need emergency services must use a landline or another cell carrier. By Ian Smay STEVENS COUNTY, Wash. - The Stevens County Sheriff's Office said it has received multiple reports of Verizon Wireless outages in the county. According to an SCSO press release, dispatch has received reports that Verizon cellphone service is down for most of the central and northern parts of Stevens County. The outages appear to include voice and data services, according to the SCSO. https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/stevens-county/stevens-county-receiving-reports-of-verizon-wireless-outages/293-2f742610-22f8-4603-82b1-2777971839b5 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <barmar-25A248.17153829092019@reader.eternal-september.org> Date: 29 Sep 2019 17:15:38 -0400 From: "Barry Margolin" <barmar@alum.mit.edu> Subject: Re: Australia uses new technology to catch drivers on phones In article <bc8136dc-1ff5-4cc7-8ec3-63473474007f@googlegroups.com>, HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> wrote: > On Thursday, September 26, 2019 at 12:59:49 PM UTC-4, Monty Solomon wrote: > > CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - An Australian state is attempting to > > persuade people to put down their smartphones while driving by rolling > > out cameras to prosecute distracted motorists. > > In many places, talking on handheld cell phone while driving is il- > legal but using a speakerphone is okay. > > In my humble opinion, it is the conversation itself that is > distracting, not whether one is holding the phone or not. I believe, > that in the interests of safety, one should not talk on a cell phone > while driving, regardless of the hardware. I've also missed exits on the highway because I was talking to a passenger -- should we ban that as well? This seems like a "pick your battles" situation. There will be too much of an outcry if they try to ban all talking, but banning hand-held phones is something people can get behind. -- Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** ------------------------------ Message-ID: <3878A12B-9E7C-438D-B63C-174F26EC91C0@jt-mj.net> Date: 29 Sep 2019 18:02:52 -0400 From: "Julian Thomas" <jt@jt-mj.net> Subject: Re: History Western Electric music systems > On Sep 28, 2019, at 15:21, HAncock4 > <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> wrote: > > The Western Electric company used to sell commercial sound systems. I remember buying a WE loudspeaker [755?] in the 1950's. -- jt - jt@jt-mj.net A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. - Mark Twain ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 01 Oct 2019