Posted on 10/14/2009 10:47:27 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California first lady Maria Shriver says she's sorry for breaking a state law that requires drivers to use hands-free devices while talking on cell phones.
The celebrity Web site TMZ.com posted two photographs and a video Tuesday showing Shriver holding a phone to her ear while she was behind the wheel. That prompted Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to write about it on Twitter, where he said "there's going to be swift action."
On Wednesday, Shriver said she will donate her favorite old cell phone to a program that helps domestic violence. She added: "That's my version of swift action with a higher purpose."
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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger went into "Terminator" mode after his wife Maria Shriver was caught breaking the state's car cell phone laws. California's First Lady was twice snapped by entertainment website TMZ with a cell phone held up to her ear, in clear breach of a 2008 law which requires drivers in the state to use hands-free devices. (AFP/Getty Images/File)
So, she’s sorry. What’s the fine for everyone else?
http://www.californiawomen.org/statement-from-maria-shriver/
STATEMENT FROM FIRST LADY MARIA SHRIVER
October 14, 2009
“I’m sorry. I will be donating my favorite old cell phone to my Women’s Conference partner Verizon through their HopeLine program that helps domestic violence shelters. I invite anyone else who wants to recycle their old phone to join me. That’s my version of swift action with a higher purpose.”
Maybe she made a cash donation too. It’s not as if this isn’t way below chump change for her.
How about apologizing for what your old man has helped do to California.
“...donating my favorite old cell phone...”
Huh. She’s just like me. Not sure I could give up my favorite old cell phone though. Its place on the shelf next to my favorite old 8-track tape would look awful empty.
Make her pay chump change for a chauffeur.
Bravo Sierra...donate the old guilty phone and get a new one? Just pay the fine and obey the law. It is high time you Kennedy’s learn you are not above the law.
I understand that the “studies” (reputable insurance companies) have shown that yakking on handsfree isn’t significantly better for driver attentiveness than yakking on handheld.
Someone would have to cite her and take her to court. I doubt the media pix would suffice unless the photog showed up in court and vouched for them.
It's what ever the government insiders feel like charging the working class peon tax payers.
LOL. It’s $20 for first offense, $50 each additional. Maria Shriver was photographed on three separate occasions: $120.
So would talking to a passanger. Have you ever seen people that when driving they feel they have to keep looking at the person they are talking to instead of the road? They haven't outlawed talking in a car. Yet! Give them time and they'll have a camera for catching it also.
What’s the punishment for people who don’t have diplomatic immunity (as citizens of Camelot)?
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