Thursday 9 May 2019

ESPN has this as MLS news...So here you go.
Beckham gets 6 month driving ban for driving while using cell phone
http://www.espn.com/soccer/major-le...onth-driving-ban-for-using-phone-behind-wheel

 

Growing League of Stations in Atlanta
https://www.prosoccerusa.com/mls/atlanta-united-fc/station-soccer-atlanta/

 

MLS refs messed up in the past two D.C. United matches
https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...two-dc-united-matches/?utm_term=.3bc33d02e373

Thx,

Jay!

 

From the article:

. . . Beckham's lawyer, Gerrard Tyrrell, said his client had "no recollection" of the incident but pleaded guilty . . .

No recollection? Really? Was he also drunk or high at the time?

Columbus didn't use his cell phone while sailing. But his statue has to go while Spice Boy's stays? Don't Cross the Line, MLS.

 

I saw that and thought that was a very odd thing to admit. I don't recall driving my car down the road with other vehicles and people that I could have killed.

 

It's like when some company pays a huge settlement "while admitting no wrongdoing." He probably knew he was busted, but he figured he'd just pay the fine and say that he may or may not have been driving whilst talking on his phone, but he just doesn't remember either way.

 

I think this is breaking news
Brad Friedel fired. Not sure if we give whole threads to news like this anymore.
https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/po...eved-duties-new-england-revolution-head-coach

 

another one bites the dust- who is next ??

 

Armas?

Thx,

Jay!

 

Not knowing his cell-phone/smartphone habits, I could see how someone may not be able to remember a specific moment. Just look at the frequency people in general fidget with their phones while walking on sidewalks, driving cars, eating in restaurants, or taking selfies. I see it all the time in the DC metro area.

 

It seems MLS does have a pro/rel system of sorts The coaches of the bottom 3 teams in the single table have been replaced or will be replaced.

 

Two of the coaches from last season's top teams were also promoted as well

 

Driving while using a cell phone is dangerous, which is why it is illegal. Not remembering seems a tacit admission he does it, and often. Especially when the prosecution could probably not prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt regarding the charged instance based simply on a bystander's complaint.

Imagine if Robert Kraft said he didn't remember getting serviced in a strip mall massage parlor because, you know, "people in general fidget with their" joystick in all sorts of contexts.

Beckham and Kraft will make great MLS co-owners, I mean investor-operators.

 

Yeah, no.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictions_on_cell_phone_use_while_driving_in_the_United_States

Thx,

Jay!

 

Not sure what your point is in citing Wikipedia as a source regarding U.S. law, since it appears Beckham pled guilty in Great Britain, but your source contains this nugget:

. . . California, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia (plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands) prohibit all drivers from using hand-held cell phones while driving . . . (Emphasis added).

I don't know where you're posting from, but I live in California, where it is not allowed. Sounds like the same is true wherever Beckham doesn't remember but nevertheless pled guilty to doing it.

 

He was in London and found guilty because a pedestrian snapped a photo.

You said “it’s illegal”. A blanket statement. It’s not “illegal” in half the states. Looks like it’s legal in Florida, where Beckham now has an MLS related business interest.

Also, speciously accusing him of being drunk or high and conflating his driving ban with Kraft’s moral turpitude suggests you have an axe to grind. Multiple ones. Just trying to give you a little perspective here.

Thx,

Jay!

 

I don't like either David Beckham or Robert Kraft. I'm guilty as charged.

But as between texting while driving and getting a hand job from another consenting adult, clearly the dangerous driving is far worse.

 

It's evidently illegal in London. There's your context.

But if we're going to talk "blanket statement" we're going to need to move beyond a small subset of the Anglo-American jurisdictions. You have not told me how the matter is treated in Canada, Australia or Malta, let alone under Napoleonic or Sharia law. You're going to need to spend some more time on Wikipedia.

 

It's a big stretch to assume that sex workers at a shady strip mall rub and tug joint is a "consenting" adult.

 

Or just ignore your admittedly biased bullshit. Much easier.

*plonk*

Thx,

Jay!

 

While they attribute a great many accidents to cell phone use, is there any corresponding decline in traffic accidents in jurisdictions where cell phone use while driving has been banned?

 

Not really. When the authorities press sex slavery charges, I'll revise my view. As it is, the Robert Kraft case seems like a simple solicitation of prostitution. An illicit commercial transaction, which on its face connotes consent.

 

. . . "California’s distracted driving laws have been saving lives for a decade now,” said former State Senator Joe Simitian, who authored the state’s hands-free and no-texting laws. “Every day, somewhere in California, someone is sitting down to dinner with their family who wouldn't have made it through the day without these laws on the books. That’s tremendously gratifying.” . . . Senate Bill 1613, the hands-free cell phone law, and Senate Bill 28, the no-texting law, were enacted in July 2008.
Data collected by the CHP shows decreases in the number of citations issued for distracted driving and in the number of inattention collisions since that time . . .

https://www.chp.ca.gov/PressReleases/Pages/18-09_Press_Release_-_DDAM.pdf

 

Touchy I mean tushy I mean touche.