is it illegal to have a laptop in the front seat of your car?

[JohnCU]

I think I heard once that you can't have a TV in the front seat of your car... but I put an old laptop in mine so I can have a nearly infinite music selection.

 

[imported_Tick]

No.

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

I heard this too...

 

Who cares if it's illegal?

 

[Baked]

Super glue a PC tablet to your steering wheel.

 

[sixone]

Not unless it's determined to be the source of a distraction.

 

[JohnCU]

woot, awesome, i got one of those swivel shelves you attach to the wall and put a TV on and am gonna find a place to attach somewhere in the car... pics soon.

 

[Kaervak]

I've driven past plenty of cops with my laptop in my front passenger seat without a problem. YMMV though.

 

[God On Alcohol]

thats awesome

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Why don't you check your local, county, and state laws to find out instead of asking 100,000 strangers on an international internet message board?

 

[BW86]

Thats news to me.

 

[BrianH1]

state laws define distractions IIRC.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Nik
Why don't you check your local, county, and state laws to find out instead of asking 100,000 strangers on an international internet message board?

because its more fun this way. What the hell would I look under?

 

[aiex]

I wait with baited breath for the "YACT: Sombody broke in and stole my laptop" thread...

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Nik
Why don't you check your local, county, and state laws to find out instead of asking 100,000 strangers on an international internet message board?

because its more fun this way. What the hell would I look under?

Well, since I live in Oregon, I would probably Google for *gasp* Oregon state law! :Q

I know it's confusing, but just try to stick with me. From there, you might be able to find local laws. If you can't, (let's say you live in Portland Oregon) try searching for ... now stay with me, here's where it gets confusing again ... "Portland Oregon law" or something like that.

If that doesn't bring up anything, you can consult your city hall for literature on your city and county laws.

Whew, good job. That was TOUGH! Next week, we'll study other complicated subjects such as "common sense" and "thinking outside the box"

 

[JohnCU]

must be a PMS day.

 

[kami333]

Ask at mp3car

I never had a problem with my carpc install, even though it would also do videos.

 

[Phoenix86]

Cops here have laptops in their front seats...

 

[Adica]

Originally posted by: Phoenix86
Cops here have laptops in their front seats...

Yes they sure do, and I would say that it is legal for them to do so. We are all equals.......

................Right?

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Of course not. How else could you monitor your intake manifold for signs of !!! DANGER !!! ?

- M4H

 

[Viper0329]

Yeah, if it is, mine is illegal. I've got a 7" VGA touchscreen replacing my radio with a 2.4ghz celeron installed in my back seat. Does Mp3s, GPS nav, XM, the whole nine yards, etc.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Viper0329
Yeah, if it is, mine is illegal. I've got a 7" VGA touchscreen replacing my radio with a 2.4ghz celeron installed in my back seat. Does Mp3s, GPS nav, XM, the whole nine yards, etc.

damn, I wish I could afford that, i'm doing mine the ghetto way, although it looks pretty nice with the black thinkpad at my right finger tips.

 

[MustangSVT]

Originally posted by: JohnCU
must be a PMS day.

Nope, he is like that 365, 7, 24 ignore him.

he is asking you to look it up online while he wastes most of his time arguing with everyone. heh. :roll:

 

[Doodoo]

I think its illegal to have anything other than GPS in front of the driver. So technically if its in the passenger seat you should be ok...unless you're busy watching porn and swerving all over the place like a maniac...

I have a 7inch touchscreen with an epia m1000 that does GPS, mp3, DIVX, DVD, and MAME. Still looking for a wireless controller so i can play street fighter in the car.

 

[cmv]

I was behind some jack ass in Chicago traffic who spent a minute or two of every go forward, stop, go forward, stop cycle staring at his laptop which meant we all waited for him to get going and people started cutting. I really wanted to kill him.