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Re:California woman who drove with Google Glass beats traffi... by EpicEng on Friday January 17, 2014 @01:40PM (#7077582)
Are you saying that the cop was wrong and that the citation was unwarranted under the law? If so, and if that is true, then I agree with you. However, that's not obvious as far as I know. Glasses which are essentially monitors are a pretty new thing, and California has existing law which states that "monitors" within the view of the driver (an exception is provided for mounted GPS) are illegal.

What I'm saying is that I believe the cop was within his rights to issue a citation. If that is true, then he did nothing wrong. He has discretion. If you're going to argue with the person who has a choice in whether or not to punish you then you should expect to be on the losing end.

It's no different than getting pulled over for speeding. Assuming that you were in fact speeding, the officer is allowed to issue a citation, or not. It's up to him. If you're a jerk then you're going to get one. "Tyrrany"? C'mon.

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Re:California woman who drove with Google Glass beats traffi... by dragonwriter on Friday January 17, 2014 @04:23PM (#7078494)
> What I'm saying is that I believe the cop was within his rights to issue a citation.

Cops don't have "rights" to issue citations. They have power to issue citation as an aspect of their job, and an obligation to use that power within its legal bounds, which include, in the case of issuing citations, generally that there be probable cause to believe that the person has violated the law identified on the citation.

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Re:California woman who drove with Google Glass beats traffi... by EpicEng on Friday January 17, 2014 @05:49PM (#7079007)
Ok, you're right; I used the wrong term. How does that change the substance of my argument exactly?
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Re:California woman who drove with Google Glass beats traffi... by rhizome on Friday January 17, 2014 @04:15PM (#7078449)
What I'm saying is that I believe the cop was within his rights to issue a citation.

Not if he didn't even try to discern whether it was being used for navigation. You ask whether the citation was unwarranted, but I think that betrays an authoritarian attitude. Was the citation warranted? The judge says no.

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Re:California woman who drove with Google Glass beats traffi... by EpicEng on Friday January 17, 2014 @06:03PM (#7079086)
It was dismissed because there was no proof that they were turned on at the time. How in the hell a cop could ever prove that is beyond me.
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Re:California woman who drove with Google Glass beats traffi... by rhizome on Friday January 17, 2014 @06:52PM (#7079310)
Even better.
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Re:California woman who drove with Google Glass beats traffi... by EpicEng on Friday January 17, 2014 @07:21PM (#7079429)
Right... until some guy watching a video on his glasses while driving plows into you and your family.
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Re:California woman who drove with Google Glass beats traffi... by rhizome on Friday January 17, 2014 @07:43PM (#7079489)
And then it becomes an issue. Am I missing part of the logic here?
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Re:California woman who drove with Google Glass beats traffi... by EpicEng on Friday January 17, 2014 @10:00PM (#7079855)
I believe you are missing a fair amount of logic...
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Re:California woman who drove with Google Glass beats traffi... by rhizome on Saturday January 18, 2014 @12:23AM (#7080194)
ZING!
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