Can You Fine Me Now?

from the that'll-teach-you dept

If you thought New York City's ban on using a mobile phone at any kind of performance (with its $50 fine) was a bit much, you might want to avoid the libraries in Huntington Beach, California. You can now get fined up to $1,000 for using your phone in the library. Admittedly, that's only for your third strike. The first offense is $250, the second $500. They had considered a 6 month jail term but decided, all in all, that might be a bit much.

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    Let me guess

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    dorpus, Aug 31st, 2004 @ 11:32am

    Was it foreigners with no respect for our laws/manners, that made them pass a law like that? I don't know how many times I was in a Silicon Valley movie theater, and some foreigner started talking on the phone nearby.

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    Re: Let me guess

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    Matt, Sep 1st, 2004 @ 4:56am

    someone must have outsourced that task...

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    Brian Shock, Sep 1st, 2004 @ 8:53am

    Neither the fines nor the limitations are enough. Mobile phone use while operating a motor vehicle should come with penalties similar to DUI.

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    Re: Can You Fine Me Now?

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    Dave Locke, Sep 1st, 2004 @ 2:08pm

    Isn't a firing squad good enough? I see these idiots not only letting their phones ring in a theater, but also answering them and carrying on a conversion. They'll talk at high volume in a store, in a restaurant, while walking down the street, anywhere. Most any technology, if cheap enough to get to the general populace, will be misused as though they're the only thing of importance in the entire world.

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