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evilincarKnit May 7, 2013 at 09:04 pm
Thank you KHS staff and KPD for taking every precaution where our kids are concerned!
Steve April 8, 2013 at 03:19 pm
They don't have to tell if you are talking. You are "using" the phone and are obviously…Read More not using it hands-free.
The pertinent part of CVC 23123 says "A person shall not drive a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone unless that telephone is specifically designed and configured to allow hands-free listening and talking, and is used in that manner while driving."
It says "using." No exception for playing Angry Birds. No exception for checking your Facebook status. No exception for taking pictures. No exception for maps and navigation. And no "can't hear my lousy phone" exemption. The phone must be designed for hands-free use, configured for hands-free use and actually used hands free.
As you might expect, someone already tried the "was just using the maps" defense. They lost:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/680893-jad13-02.html
There are tons of phone holders that attach to the windshield (be careful you attach it in a legal location), the dashboard, the AC vents, cup-holders and elsewhere and you would be hard pressed to find one that costs as much as a month's smart-phone bill to say nothing of the cost of a ticket or an accident.
Eastbay Paul April 2, 2013 at 11:36 pm
I have no problem that they give me an ticket when I drive an text. But in front of Traffic light,…Read More sorry.
shirley kirsten April 2, 2013 at 11:14 am
it may not be El Cerrito, but I work up there in the Hills and the same issue presents.
Let's say I…Read More have dual citizenship.
Example take those careening cars down Barrett, and the driver is texting or cell phoning.
DrWannabe May 12, 2013 at 02:33 am
The Partition area, wide opened, is approx 12inches in height. A survivor said she squeezed to get…Read More thru, so obviously it was not opened all the way by the driver to allow the women an escape-access! Also, Ive read that 3 survivors escaped thru the right back door..., so why couldnt the others? In the TV News pics, the Survivors sat calmly on the side of the road... looked numb & out of it?
I would have been jumping, yelling, trying to stop traffic to help us! It was hard for me to see them just sitting there quietly..., were they intoxicated? In shock?
I wish the driver had, in a 2 second flash, opened the Partition all the way down as he "jumped out to save his skin" & gone to the right side to secure the door open. The flames were left-sided rear. OR was he thinkg that more air/ O2 would have lit up fire more, OR was his electricity out by the Fire? DID he try breakg a rear window open w/ his shoe at least?
All of it is puzz'ling & a tragedy that has so so many unanswered questions. We count on the Captain to help us..., but remember the sunk Greek cruise ship?? Captain got off & rowed away first!! My heart goes out to the deceased here, and survivors as well.
Livermoronian May 10, 2013 at 12:56 pm
Why couldn't they open the door? That truly sucks, like they were locked inside their own death…Read More chamber. Had to crawl over and through the barrier between them and the driver???? I think that area should have the old fashioned pull up locks back there. The electric locks could fail if it was an electrical fire. Perhaps a mounted fire extinguisher inside the passenger area would have helped. New regulations in the 2014 limos!
Borris Batanov May 6, 2013 at 04:14 pm
If you think I'm lying, I invite you to go to Nixle.com and review all the posted ECPD logs for…Read More 2013. Your statement is nothing more than unsubstantiated malice.
Borris Batanov May 6, 2013 at 02:50 pm
Conspicuously absent from this propaganda blurb is the hard number of residential burglaries so far…Read More in 2013. There's been on average one per day since I've been getting ECPD log updates sent to my email from Nixle.com., which is for most of this year. Also, the Nixle ECPD log is by no means a complete or reliable record of all break-ins or attempted break-ins. Many are just not included in the that log.
According to city-data.org., which carries stats up until 2011, EC's crime index is significantly above the national average, with more residential burglaries than even San Francisco. Meanwhile, ECPD's ratio of police-to-population is significantly below the national average, indicating that the city needs to hire more cops ASAP.
There's no getting around the fact that San Pablo Ave., which runs right through EC, is and will always be a crime conduit.
Borris Batanov April 22, 2013 at 08:16 pm
Amen. El Cerrito's ratio of police-to-population is BELOW the national average meaning there aren't…Read More enough cops (ECPD 2011 Annual Report & Project America).
Rate of home burglaries is higher in El Cerrito than San Francisco and neighboring Albany has a third less crime (city-data.com).
If we had a city government responsive to the needs of its citizens, more cops would be hired ASAP. But we don't. Instead, our city council spends its time and our money banning plastic bags, devising "green" policies, counting trees, installing speed bumps and stop signs, and fussing about the word "god" in the Pledge of Allegiance. Is this a bad dream?
Just a Mom April 22, 2013 at 02:03 pm
Well you can add lexington ave to the list of car break ins....are we going to have some kind of…Read More town hall meeting to address the increase of crime in El Cerrito...what happened to our safe city?
Robert Stoops April 21, 2013 at 08:14 am
Reminds me of the phone scam reported at http://www.callercenter.com too. The caller was reported to…Read More have claimed to be a representative of the fire department and asked the recipient to leave their house unlocked since they would be doing an inspection later in the day. The caller hung up and reported the call to raise a warning.
Borris Batanov April 20, 2013 at 07:11 pm
Repeat: 9 home burglaries in 7 days. Anyone listening?
EC City Council needs a wake-up call from EC…Read More homeowners, NOW!!
Hire more cops.
Auntie JPEG April 17, 2013 at 10:26 pm
All utility workers have company issued photo I.D.s and are required to wear it while working in…Read More residences. If you don't see a clearly marked truck or car you can call the utility to confirm they are who they say they are.
sylvia elsbury April 22, 2013 at 06:31 pm
Am I missing something here? The KPD says take your mail in quickly and lock it up, to avoid being…Read More a victim. Yet they also say a postal employee is a suspect. What good are those precautions if it's an inside job?
best bookkeeper April 22, 2013 at 12:05 pm
good luck with signing up. first item is required = e-mail, which requires activation code sent by…Read More coco. no code is sent despite repeated "code resents." got 3 codes for mobile device, but can't register anything without the e-mail code. no help on the site, but hey, good publicity, eh? and maybe i'll hear the sirens.
ROBERT E. FISHBACK April 26, 2013 at 04:36 pm
c5..just curious....c5 is Pentane...a very light and clear hydro-carbon. I wonder if a person who…Read More had a part of his colon removed would have a semi-colon....Has this thread become an exercise in Scatology ? :)
gretchen davidson April 24, 2013 at 05:46 pm
Does anyone have an update on the man who was seriously injured in this accident? I saw the…Read More helicopter airlifting him to the hospital and have been wondering and praying ever since.
T Fairfax April 21, 2013 at 04:11 pm
Bicyclists in El Cerrito are required to wear helmets. It's the law.
Frank Ocean April 18, 2013 at 01:13 pm
A new study offers more proof that bicycle helmets prevent fatal head injuries.
Canadian…Read More researchers examined data on all 129 cycling deaths that occurred in the province of Ontario between January 2006 and December 2010. The cyclists ranged in age from 10 to 83 years old, and 86 percent were boys or men. Motor vehicles were involved in 77 percent of the deaths.
Cyclists who died of a head injury were three times less likely to be wearing a helmet than those who died of other injuries, according to the study, which was published in the CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
"We saw an association between dying as a result of sustaining head injury and not wearing a helmet," wrote Dr. Navindra Persaud, of the Keenan Research Centre and the Department of Family and Community Medicine at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, and co-authors. "These results are consistent with a protective effect of helmets on cycling deaths."
The findings mean that cyclists who do not wear a helmet have a three times greater risk of dying from head injuries than those who wear a helmet.
Cycling deaths account for more than 2 percent of traffic fatalities, according to a journal news release. One cyclist dies every week in Canada.
"While legislating helmet use is controversial and inconsistent in Canada, our study shows that wearing helmets saves lives," Persaud and colleagues said. "Policies and campaigns that promote helmet use may decrease cycling mortality
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