NANNY STATE UPDATE….Attention California readers: just in case Will Smith’s recent 2-hour PSA on the subject didn’t convince you to stop, it is now illegal to text while driving here in the Golden State. Oddly enough, however, it’s still legal to text while bicycling. Also, it’s legal to send a text message to a company or other non-human entity while driving. It’s only illegal to text a person. This sounds like a traffic court nightmare in the making to me, but there you have it. Details here.
In other legal news, cyber-bullying is now illegal; it’s a crime to counterfeit carpool stickers; penalties have been increased for nitwits who call 911 for nonemergencies; the Office of Emergency Services and the Office of Homeland Security have been merged, probably because this worked so great on the federal level; it’s now illegal to use radio waves to read another person’s identifying information, so no scanning of other people’s RFID-equipped passports; and safety rules have been stepped up for operators of wave pools at amusement parks. More details here.
Remember: ignorance of the law is no excuse. Unless you’re Scooter Libby.
