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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iPhone Used to Avoid Traffic Ticket]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/02/iphone-used-to-avoid-traffic-ticket/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/02/iphone-used-to-avoid-traffic-ticket/</guid><description><![CDATA[This is dumb; all you have to do is fax a copy of your insurance and they waive the ticket.  The iPhone didn't do anything special here.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 2nd 2009 8:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iPhone Used to Avoid Traffic Ticket]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/02/iphone-used-to-avoid-traffic-ticket/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/02/iphone-used-to-avoid-traffic-ticket/</guid><description><![CDATA[If he got this ticket in Illinois, he would be required to go to court.  Granted, if he had his proof of insurance with him, the case would be immediately dismissed.  But there's no "fax and drop" option--you have to go through the hassle of taking at least a half-day off work to deal with the mess.<br><br>I've done something similar before.  My plates expired and I renewed them online, but was still waiting on the sticker when I was pulled over.  I pulled out my BlackBerry and showed my confirmation email to the officer and he accepted it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Salsa Shark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 3rd 2009 5:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iPhone Used to Avoid Traffic Ticket]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/02/iphone-used-to-avoid-traffic-ticket/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/02/iphone-used-to-avoid-traffic-ticket/</guid><description><![CDATA[I did this with my lil' ol Voyager (gmail mobile converted the pdf to plain text) one time to get onto a military installation. This story not a tribute to the iPhone so much as it is to mobile internet. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve.G]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 2nd 2009 11:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iPhone Used to Avoid Traffic Ticket]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/02/iphone-used-to-avoid-traffic-ticket/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/02/iphone-used-to-avoid-traffic-ticket/</guid><description><![CDATA[The fact that there isn't a centralized database of vehicle insurance available to law enforcement is the real problem here. If you're licensed to sell auto insurance in a state, you should have to pay a technology fee to maintain a state run database. Then, with automatic license plate scanners (<a href="http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/11/23/20081123autotheft1123.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/11/23/20081123autotheft1123.html</a>) you would pretty much dare anyone to drive an unlicensed/uninsured/stolen vehicle. Just think of how much cheaper insurance would be for all of us honest folk.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Funke, Tobias Dr.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 2nd 2009 11:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iPhone Used to Avoid Traffic Ticket]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/02/iphone-used-to-avoid-traffic-ticket/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/02/iphone-used-to-avoid-traffic-ticket/</guid><description><![CDATA[Great idea but the insurance companies would just pass on this added expense to us.  I like keeping my policy low and not having to pay for IDIOTS who don't leave a copy of their coverage in the glove box or their wallet/purse.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[john]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 3rd 2009 3:48AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iPhone Used to Avoid Traffic Ticket]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/02/iphone-used-to-avoid-traffic-ticket/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/02/iphone-used-to-avoid-traffic-ticket/</guid><description><![CDATA[Maybe initially, but through not having to pay out claims involving uninsured drivers, the net costs would come down for everyone.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Funke, Tobias Dr.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 3rd 2009 8:04PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iPhone Used to Avoid Traffic Ticket]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/02/iphone-used-to-avoid-traffic-ticket/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/02/iphone-used-to-avoid-traffic-ticket/</guid><description><![CDATA[The fact that a for profit Industry can make it illegal for someone to not buy their product is what troubles me.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mike]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 4th 2009 10:37PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iPhone Used to Avoid Traffic Ticket]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/02/02/iphone-used-to-avoid-traffic-ticket/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/02/02/iphone-used-to-avoid-traffic-ticket/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well, I have to agree it's undesirable, but that's how the insurance business works. I always hate when people say it, but the privilege of driving is not a right. The agency or governmental body that confers that privilege is responsible for mandating the use of insurance. It's just like countless other activities where a law states that one must be insured before partaking. Insurance companies don't write the laws...yet (although I'm sure they have more than their fair say).]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Funke, Tobias Dr.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 10th 2009 2:00AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
