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Honolulu, Hawaii police will begin to write tickets for people caught using their phones or other electronic devices while crossing at a crosswalk:
Police in Honolulu will begin writing tickets for people who get distracted by their cellphones while walking in a cross walk Wednesday. Honolulu is the first major city in the country to pass such a law, citing a high rate of pedestrians being hit in crosswalks.
"Starting today, texting while walking in a cross walk can get you a ticket," Hawaii Public Radio's Bill Dorman reports for our Newscast unit. "In fact, a downward glance at a screen of any kind will cost you—a phone, a tablet, a video game."
Under the new law, the only legal reason for a pedestrian to use a cellphone while crossing a street or highway would be to call 911 to report an emergency.
Minimum fines for breaking the new law start at $15; for repeat offenders, the penalty ranges from $75 to $99. Higher rates — up to $100 for a first offense, $200 for a second, and $500 for a third — had been considered earlier this year.
Also at the City and County of Honolulu. Bill 6 (2017).
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday October 25 2017, @10:14PM (2 children)
Except for yours truly wanting to know when the light rail started running again in the morning.
A patrol car suddenly materialized out of nowhere.
"I looked both ways!" failed to satisfy.
One of the cops requested my ID. I gave them an expired passport. "Do you have a state issued ID?" "No." so they didn't get my home address. I was telling the truth.
A couple of minutes later that same cop accused me of failing to register as a sex offender. That one flummoxed me. "Ma'am, I've never even been _accused_ of a sex crime!"
that seemed to satisfy her, but I looked into it later: there was once another Michael David Crawford who resided in Washington state. He was a registered sex offender who did time in Walla Walla commencing in 2005.
In 2012, he put on a homemade bullet proof vest - sort of anyway - and a helmet that had metal plates taped to it. He then stole a car, led the Lakewood police in a high speed chase, crashed the car then fired a pistol at a cop.
Hilarity ensued.
I speculate he's the reason I had no luck finding a job for five years.
He left behind a child and a mother.
There just has to be some reason he did that, but doubtlessly history will never know.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 2, Offtopic) by bob_super on Wednesday October 25 2017, @10:17PM (1 child)
Other thing that helps when looking for a job: the ability to stay on topic.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Thursday October 26 2017, @12:52AM
It's more commonly regarded as a symptoms of Bipolar Mania.
Spend much time talking to me in meatspace and my ideas will fly all over Creation.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]