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jaysz2893
10-01-2009, 01:43 AM
Goes into effect NOW!

http://somd.com/news/headlines/2009/10568.shtml (http://somd.com/news/headlines/2009/10568.shtml)
popo8
10-01-2009, 01:46 AM
And at the bottom... cell phone ads....

anyways glad I dont live there....
Huff035
10-01-2009, 02:03 AM
That really blows, I'm in MD 90% of the time.... oh well tinted windows FTW at least they can't pull me over for tint in MD. lol
popo8
10-01-2009, 02:04 AM
That really blows, I'm in MD 90% of the time.... oh well tinted windows FTW at least they can't pull me over for tint in MD. lol


oh yeah? why is tint legal in MD?
941le
10-01-2009, 02:08 AM
i heard stuff about this on the radio this morning. I know im guilty of it just like a lot of others. Its really for the best tho
Z28pr0jekt
10-01-2009, 02:43 AM
Good, more states need to do this. It is WAY more dangerous to text while driving than it is to actually talk on the phone
5POINT7
10-01-2009, 03:10 AM
Good, more states need to do this. It is WAY more dangerous to text while driving than it is to actually talk on the phone

agreed, texting is pointless anyways, unless your in a place that requires you to be quiet
jaysz2893
10-01-2009, 11:25 AM
Good, more states need to do this. It is WAY more dangerous to text while driving than it is to actually talk on the phone

I totally agree. Here is a list of all the states and their cell/texting laws.
http://www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/laws/cellphone_laws.html
Huff035
10-01-2009, 11:38 AM
oh yeah? why is tint legal in MD?

I don't know, I just doubt they are going to hassle an out of state car for tint...
secretasianman
10-01-2009, 11:39 AM
Good law but it'll be very difficult to prove.
Huff035
10-01-2009, 12:18 PM
Good law but it'll be very difficult to prove.

Not really, they could check the cell phone companies log with the time of the violation. I doubt it would be that hard to prove, if they actually wanted to go to the trouble of doing it. Depends on how much the citation actually is I suppose.
secretasianman
10-02-2009, 02:59 AM
Not really, they could check the cell phone companies log with the time of the violation. I doubt it would be that hard to prove, if they actually wanted to go to the trouble of doing it. Depends on how much the citation actually is I suppose.

Cell companies are not going to give out that info without a warrant. And while it may be technically possible to obtain such a warrant for a traffic ticket, it won't happen in the real world.
popo8
10-03-2009, 07:25 PM
Cell companies are not going to give out that info without a warrant. And while it may be technically possible to obtain such a warrant for a traffic ticket, it won't happen in the real world.


Thank You SIR.:brows: