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This week the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed The Ham Radio Parity Act -- a huge victory for grass-roots advocates of amateur radio.
This will allow for the reasonable accommodation of amateur radio antennas in many places where they are currently prohibited by homeowner associations or private land use restrictions... If this bill passes the Senate, we will be one step closer to allowing amateur radio operators, who provide emergency communications services, the right to erect reasonable antenna structures in places where they cannot do so now.
The national ham radio association is now urging supporters to contact their Senators through a special web page. "This is not just a feel-good bill," said representative Joe Courtney, remembering how Hurricane Sandy brought down the power grid, and "we saw all the advanced communications we take for granted...completely fall by the wayside."
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday September 18 2016, @10:16PM
I remember having to replace my headlight a couple months back and trying to figure out what was and wasn't legal was incredibly hard. I got the bulb, and I assume that I've got it pointed legally, but the state laws themselves are extremely unhelpful.
What's supposed to be hard about headlights? If low beams are pointed up high enough that an oncoming driver on a level road would be illuminated by the brighter parts of the headlight beams, then they're too high. In other words, if you can see them with your headlights, then they can see your headlights.
Having said that, if the law enforcement rangers in my location ever decided to enforce headlight laws with tickets, they could make bank. There's a lot of people on the road with misaligned headlights.
(Score: 1) by Francis on Monday September 19 2016, @01:27AM
What's hard about it is that the law doesn't specify numbers you can measure. You have to be able to see a certain amount of distance without it getting in people's eyes, but the law itself doesn't specify any numbers you can actually use for aligning the headlights. It doesn't specify the height of the cars, nor does it provide you with any way of knowing if you're breaking the law. If you're lucky, somebody will flash their lights at you if it's in their eyes, but then you have to try and figure out what to do in order to fix it. Especially in the left right direction if you're unfortunate enough to have it go out in that direction.
I did eventually find some relatively generic advice about how to aim the headlights, but it's still unclear as to whether or not I'm technically in compliance, although nobody is flashing at me and I haven't received a ticket.
That's specifically the kind of law that's no help. The only way to know if you're in compliance is to receive a ticket or a warning at that point, you know that you're probably not in compliance.