Wednesday, June 18, 2008

hands free drivers

Starting in July we are all going hands free behind the wheel in Woarshington. Texting was regulated around the new year, although I continue to text as often as I speed. I'm going to start driving around with a remote control to my ear and sing out loud with exaggerated mouth movements just for kicks.

Mom bought a $50+ hands free blue tooth from Costco. It is sleek, about the size of half a flip phone, and attaches to her car visor. Get me one too? I'm curious if these will start getting swiped out of cars as often as portable GPS devices (although they are less than a fourth of the price). Stow your blue tooth... and I would suggest not using the GPS dock that attaches to the windshield or the dashboard - definitely a dead giveaway that a GPS device is somewhere on board.

I found a cheap solution to the new law in my inbox this morning:

Cell phones - New Law (2008)
According to new Washington State law that goes into effect July 1, 2008 you will no longer be able to use a cell phone while driving unless you have a 'hands free' adapter.
I went to Circuit City and they wanted $50 for a headset with a microphone for my cell phone. Having a friend in the cell phone business, I talked with him and was able to come up with an alternative, working through Office Depot.
These kits are compatible with any mobile phone and one size fits all. I paid him $0.08 each because he bought in quantity.
Then we tried it with Motorola, Sprint, Verizon and Nokia units and they worked perfectly.




1 comment:

jon said...

stylish