Maria Shriver Violates Arnold Signed Law

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 07:54:43 AM EST
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Pretty funny:

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is calling out his wife, Maria Shriver, for apparently violating a state law he signed — holding her cell phone while driving. The celebrity Web site TMZ.com posted two photographs Tuesday showing Shriver holding a phone to her ear while she's behind the wheel. It says one was snapped Sunday and the other in July.

[. . .] On his Twitter feed, Schwarzenegger wrote to TMZ.com founder Harvey Levin: "Thanks for bringing her violations to my attention. There's going to be swift action."

Heh. "Swift action," BTW, means "he'll ask his wife not to hold the phone while driving."

Full disclosure - I once pleaded down a speeding ticket to a cell phone violation and have, on occasion, violated similar laws regarding cell phone use in a moving automobile.

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Good grief! (5.00 / 1) (#6)
by Abdul Abulbul Amir on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 09:09:45 AM EST

Can't that woman afford Bluetooth?

Even worse (5.00 / 1) (#9)
by DancingOpossum on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 09:19:05 AM EST

The idiots who text while driving. Good grief! It seems half the accident reports you read about have evidence that the driver was texting somebody seconds before ramming head-on into another vehicle at 85 mph.

I don't think it is possible... (none / 0) (#13)
by kdog on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 09:33:10 AM EST

to fine our way to a more intelligent, considerate populace...it's a jungle on the roads, keep your head on a swivel.


Wasn't that the cause of a big (none / 0) (#18)
by Inspector Gadget on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 11:15:57 AM EST

train wreck not too long ago, too? Engineer texting....


No worries.... (none / 0) (#20)
by kdog on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 11:34:24 AM EST

I'm sure M.A.T.D is being assembled as we speak, and we'll have more precious punishment, along with the inevitable inherently unsafe roadways littered with inconsiderate animals, in no time at all.

Till the police have the technology to brainscan for excessive daydreaming behind the wheel...then that will be the menace du jour.

Bukowski nailed the nature of our roads...they are an extension of us.

the freeways are a lesson in what we have become and
most of the crashes and deaths are the collision
of incomplete beings, of pitiful and demented
lives.
when I drive the freeways I see the soul of humanity of
my city and it's ugly, ugly, ugly: the living have choked the
heart
away.

HA! (5.00 / 1) (#22)
by Inspector Gadget on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 12:11:46 PM EST

I think one can learn a lot about a person by their driving.

And, on the daydreaming....if I had a nickel for every time I arrived at my destination with little to no recollection of the drive, I'd be wealthy.


I thought I was the only one... (5.00 / 1) (#23)
by kdog on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 12:59:56 PM EST

thats my biggest driving weakness for sure, daydreaming...ever just pass an intersection and have no clue if the light was red/green/yellow?


Oh, sure (none / 0) (#27)
by Inspector Gadget on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 03:02:21 PM EST

and, I know I drove right through a stop sign yesterday, but, for the life of me, I can't remember where it was.


: Fortunately, (none / 0) (#28)
by Inspector Gadget on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 03:04:06 PM EST

it was a 3-way intersection and no chance of me hitting anyone, or being hit.

Autopilot is dangerous. (none / 0) (#24)
by Fabian on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 01:10:52 PM EST

I live on a very tiny subdivision. People get used to their usual routine: exit driveway, merge at the Y, exit subdivision onto road.

My son gets on the bus early. One morning the bus was at the Y, red lights flashing and a car I see every single morning cruises on past without skipping a beat. Bus wasn't there the past X many mornings, so they don't expect to see it and therefore, it doesn't register even when it's there, literally as big as a bus!

It's no wonder that DWD (driving while distracted) leads to accidents. The less you look around, the less you see. The less you see, the more you miss.


autopilot (5.00 / 1) (#25)
by CST on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 01:24:00 PM EST

can also make a trip longer.

I have definitely been driving friends home and repeatedly take turns away from their house and towards mine. Especially if it's late, I just go into "drive home" mode.


: Oops! (none / 0) (#26)
by Fabian on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 01:44:59 PM EST

When my husband drives, sometimes I have to ask "Where are you going?". Sometimes he is taking a side trip and sometimes he's just "going to work".
I usually ask if he really wants to go to work! :-)

I hope (5.00 / 3) (#12)
by lilburro on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 09:30:12 AM EST

this isn't replacing our wall to wall Anna Nicole Smith coverage.

That's the "swift action"... (none / 0) (#1)
by kdog on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 08:52:24 AM EST

we should all be afforded..the fines as revenue generator stuff ain't kosher, in fact I consider it a mild form of extortion.

On this particular law, (none / 0) (#5)
by Inspector Gadget on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 09:06:42 AM EST

most are afforded the same grace. We've had that law here for around 6 months and it looks to me like MORE people are driving with phone to ear...


: They got my sister not too... (none / 0) (#8)
by kdog on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 09:18:57 AM EST

long ago...they do it "crackdown" style here...every once in a blue they write a couple millions worth of tickets in one day to fill the coffers and then ignore it, rinse and repeat.
Great way to justify a stop of "suspicous characters" too...another weapon in the police state arsenal. Nothing for Maria to worry about though...or anybody with a PBA card for that matter.

As this is a legal site (none / 0) (#2)
by CoralGables on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 08:58:33 AM EST

it should be noted that a photograph never shows anyone driving. It only shows someone sitting in a car.

You trying to get her... (none / 0) (#4)
by kdog on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 09:03:49 AM EST

a no-standing ticket instead CG? Ya can't beat city hall, they want their hundo they're gonna get their hundo...just not from the gov's wife:)


: That would be a nice try (none / 0) (#19)
by CoralGables on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 11:25:25 AM EST

but I claim sitting in the grocery store parking lot before driving home after shopping.

who wants to bet (none / 0) (#3)
by Capt Howdy on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 09:00:45 AM EST

she was talking to the governator.

Have you seen the photos? (none / 0) (#7)
by Inspector Gadget on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 09:13:44 AM EST

She's got BOTH hands off the wheel and is very casual. Those photos appear to be her sitting in her car, but not moving. If she was actually in motion, she needs to head to defensive driving school and see what her carelessness can cause.

The real question is (none / 0) (#10)
by vicndabx on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 09:24:41 AM EST

how the heck do you plead down a speeding ticket?

You go to court (none / 0) (#11)
by Steve M on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 09:28:23 AM EST

and talk to the city attorney...


Yeah... (none / 0) (#14)
by kdog on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 09:35:02 AM EST

you don't know the game vic? As long as you're willing to miss a day of work and deal with the day in court hassle, therte is no reason to pay the full ticket price...its like a swap meet at traffic court.


: I'll admit it, I had no idea. (none / 0) (#15)
by vicndabx on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 10:15:06 AM EST

I thought you were stuck once you were hit w/a moving violation. Granted, I've never gotten a speeding ticket in NYC, it's always been some outlying area (NJ, Westchester Cnty, CT.) I figured you could plead not guilty and fight it, but haggle it down to something lesser - hanging out at these lawyer sites seems to be paying off(/s).

Or just swing by the office. Who wants (none / 0) (#17)
by oculus on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 10:29:15 AM EST

to wait in line at court? Need to have sufficient "pull" for anyone to pay you any heed at the office though.


Come Jan. 2010, new law goes into (none / 0) (#16)
by oculus on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 10:26:54 AM EST

effect permitting lawsuit against media re paparazzi photos. Watch out TMZ.

AP via Huff

Also, the fine for cell phone violation isn't high enough to deter. Now if the fine was the same as for driving in the car pool lane--voila.