Jawbone: Get ticketed, get a discount

Steve writes: "My point is that we don't need laws to tell people to do this. What we DO need are people who take personal responsibility for their actions."

I disagree. We do need the law. The law provides notice to irresponsible people; it tells them, "When we catch you putting the lives of others in danger, we're going to punish you." It's call due process. You were warned.

Bad news is I already own a Jawbone. Good news is no tickets for DWCP (driving while cell phoning). But I commute and run errands about 95% of the time via 2 wheels and keep the phone safely tucked away so the new law doesn't really matter anyway.

Didn't get a ticket? NO PROBLEM!! click the hands free ticket processer or whatever it's called.
For state ticket was issued in, click CA, for you ticket number, just type in ANY 16 NUMBERS! it will say it's verifing, then hey presto, there is your $20 off! :)

So, they are basically offering discounts to people who have broken the law? Do you get a free one if you cause an accident?

And since when has cellphones while driving laws been part of the nanny state? Tests have proven driving while talking on a cellphone is more dangerous.

Is there anyone with a brain left at TUAW?

I'm glad I don't live where you are, Nanny State? most people can't walk and chew gum, let alone drive while on the phone. This should be a planet-wide law!!!!

Am I the only one who is disgusted by this? Its basically encouraging people to drive dangerously. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

Guess Jawbone are showing they value a profit over the potential for loss of life.

Guess what? People are idiots and sometimes we need a law when common sense *should* suffice.

I'm all for people taking responsibility for their actions, but fat lot of good that does me *after* they've hit me on my bike and left me for dead on the side of the road.

But hey, if somebody's willing to take responsibility for it, then that's cool too!

i literally just went on their website, closed my eyes and pressed random keyboard buttons, and they accepted the code.

Well this is nice of them. I recently lost my Jawbone in an airport. I liked the sound quality a lot but, it wasn't as comfortable as other BT headsets. The metal earloop was always getting bent out of shape. I even broke a couple of them. Aliph "conveniently" sells a 4 pack of the earloops for $10 on their website indicating that they know full well that the earloops are prone to breaking or being bent of shape. I even emailed them about this but they never email back or call back. So... I'm very surprised that they would make an offer to discount the price of their headset if you get a ticket. I replaced my Jawbone with a Plaintronics Voyager 520. Not only is it more comfortable, I can put the headset into my pocket without worrying about permanently damaging the earloop.

here's a hint:
it doesn't matter what # or letters you put in, most of the time it will work anyway. ticket records like that would not be worth the cost to compile, so essentially everyone can get a free discount.