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Monday, August 27, 2012

YOUR TURN: Would You Turn Off Your Cellphone During Dinner for a Discount?

One restaurant in L.A. is offering a 5 percent discount to patrons who ditch their phones during their meal. Would you like to see this in the nearby area?

Face it, if there was a way to grow a third arm specifically to hold your cell phone, many of us would jump at the chance.  But running counter to the "can't live without a connection" population is one restaurant in Los Angeles that is literally paying customers to keep their phones away from their meal, according to the Los Angeles Times.  Eva Restaurant in L.A. is offering diners a 5 percent discount on their bill if they dump their digital devices before being seated, according the L.A. Times.  Is this something that you'd like to see happen at any of the nice restaurants in the nearby area? Or does the idea of ditching your phone during dinner start to make you twitch? Tell us in the comments section.

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Bill Shaw

4:28 pm on Saturday, September 8, 2012

FYI: All-Season tree company here in Stoughton thinks he is entitled to every tree job here in town. He is very expensive and when I did not give him 3 big jobs he became nasty and bitter with me on the phone. Has anyone else had issues with this guy?   more ›

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Texting Ban Gets Thumbs-Up from Westwood Police, Residents

Westwood is welcoming the idea of penalizing drivers who send text messages while driving.

For residents who enjoy using their cell phones while driving a car – things are about to change. Last week, state House and Senate lawmakers approved a bill to outlaw drivers of all ages from sending text messages while driving. Adding to that, anyone under the age of 18 would not be allowed to use cell phones at all behind the wheel. "It's clearly a dangerous activity," said Westwood Police Chief William Chase. "Anytime you have the operator of a motor vehicle being distracted, it creates a dangerous situation. And clearly the use of texting is on the increase, particularly among the younger drivers." Presently, 28 states in the country, as well as the District of Columbia, ban texting and handheld use of cell phones for drivers. The …

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Paul Martin

2:06 pm on Tuesday, June 29, 2010

That's a good point on the difficulty of enforcing the law. When Chase asks "how can we be certain that they were texting and not retrieving a phone number that's stored in their phone," I can only hope that this will be included in the law. Looking through the phone for numbers is the same as looking at the phone to text, because in both cases you are looking at the screen and not at the road.   more ›

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