[aprssig] Radio Junkie

[Brian B. Riley]

I took one look at that dashboard and the first urge I had was to grab  
a PIC/Arduino/ BasicStamp and program it to parse his call and range  
from me and sound a loud alarm when he was in proximity!

I am sorry, but in plain Obama-speak, that setup is just plain  
"stupid"  ... not only dangerous to the driver but provides so much  
distraction to the driver as to make him a potential menace on the  
highway. To make it worse many of the commenters to the webpage  
thought it was "neat" ... so we  could have "stupidity" begetting  
"more stupidity."

I can't imagine it passing inspection in any state, but apparently it  
has.

If he gets into an accident, we, hams, will all suffer from the  
backlash!

Just my $0.02 ...


On Aug 1, 2009, at 12:31 PM, Robert Bruninga wrote:

> APRSSIG folks.  I don't normally share pictures, but you won't
> believe this car.  Amongst the radios available to the operator
> are (count em) two D710's and one D700 that I can see.  But even
> with all that, he does not appear to be running Voice Alert, so
> if he is coming at your on the highway, you won't hear him
> coming to get out of his way <grin>  Bob, WB4APR
>
>>> For pictures of my mobile station:
>>> http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2630240
>>>
>>> Scott Heath  (AF4KK)

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