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California Woman Ticketed For Wearing Connected Eyewear

According to some reports, highway patrols are using semi trucks to hunt down and ticket those using their cell phones while driving. And the laws on distracted driving are likely to become more and more specific. So, in the case below, a California woman claims to have been ticketed for merely wearing Google Glass. The officer appears to have been acting under a rule that the driver can’t have any type of visual screen, like a television, within his viewing area. We certainly don’t want drivers watching their favorite TV program or YouTube videos while driving, but it is unlikely that anyone thought Google Glass was going to fit into this same category.

A California resident received a ticket for wearing Google Glass while driving Fox News reported Wednesday. “A cop just stopped me and gave me a ticket for wearing Google Glass while driving!” Cecilia Abadie said in a post on her Google Plus account. “The exact line says: Driving with Monitor visible to Driver (Google Glass). Is #GoogleGlass ilegal while driving or is this cop wrong??? Any legal advice is appreciated!! This happened in California. Do you know any other #GlassExplorers that got a similar ticket anywhere in the US?” Like Us on Facebook Abadie, who Fox News describes as a self-described geek and Google Glass pioneer, was wearing the new connected eyewear when she was pulled over in what is a first for the new connected eyewear device. According to Fox News, the rule found in section 27602 of the California regulations says “a person shall not drive a motor vehicle if a television receiver, a video monitor, or a television or video screen … is visible to the driver while driving the motor vehicle.”

Will this mean that new laws will need to be written pertaining to Google Glass or other such eye wear that may be coming. What about iWatch or other smart watches that are currently coming out from various companies. All of these possible intrusions into the driver’s ability to keep his attention focused on the task begs the question of whether talking to your child in the back seat or putting sugar in your coffee will need to be specifically called out in some future bill. If you have been caught on radar or failed to slow down enough at that stop sign in the Hackensack or Ridgewood area, you should consider calling an attorney to see about saving money and time on that traffic ticket. You will be surprised at how little it costs to have an attorney represent you in traffic matters. Even if you were only going 10 mph over the limit or some other small infraction, the cost of that ticket will surprise you. Give us a quick call and we’ll let you know, without any charge or obligation, whether it might be worth our handling your case, and how much that cost would be.

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Vince Sicari a judge in South Hackensack has resigned his position to continue his career as a comedian and actor. It is no joke, the courts ruled that the two careers were not compatible and that a judge who was a comedian could not be taken seriously.

Read the below article form Yahoo News for all of the details.

New Jersey judge cannot moonlight as stand-up comic: court Reuters September 23, 2013, 10:43 am

Being a judge in New Jersey is no laughing matter.

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That was the conclusion from the state’s highest court on Thursday, when it ruled a municipal judge could not continue to spend his days on the bench and his nights as a stand-up comedian. Vince Sicari was the judge in South Hackensack, a small town in Bergen County, New Jersey, where he worked part-time ruling on traffic violations and other minor legal matters. Vince August, his alter ego, is a comic and television actor who has frequently appeared on the ABC show “What Would You Do?” and regularly performs at Caroline’s, a New York City comedy club. In a 30-page opinion – which, for the record, did not contain a single joke – the New Jersey Supreme Court essentially told Sicari to choose between doling out puns or punishment. “The concern is whether an ordinary member of the public can divorce the comedy routine or the roles played by Vince August from Judge Sicari,” the court wrote. A few hours after the court ruled, Sicari, 44, said he accepted the decision and would immediately resign from the bench. “I am hopeful that all involved feel that I have served the judiciary with the honor and distinction that it deserves,” he said in a statement. His lawyer, E. Drew Britcher, said Sicari, who earned $13,000 a year as a judge, relies on his comedy for a full-time income and health benefits. As a regular on “What Would You Do?,” a hidden-camera show that uses actors to re-enact real-life situations to see how bystanders react, Sicari has played numerous offensive characters, including a homophobic bar patron and a racially profiling security guard. Like many stand-up comics, Sicari also comments on religion, race, politics, sex and other potentially touchy subjects in his routines. Those off-color comments could make it difficult for residents who appear before him to believe that he can remain impartial and objective, the court concluded. “To be sure, the routines are designed to be funny,” the court wrote. “We must acknowledge, however, that many regard the maxim ‘Many a true word is said in jest’ as a fundamental truth.” Sicari had appealed a 2008 decision from the state ethics committee that said he could not pursue both careers at the same time. He argued that he kept his legal career completely separate from his comedic work, eschewing jokes about lawyers while on stage and never cracking wise while on the bench. Sicari became South Hackensack’s judge in 2008 after 12 years in private practice. “We felt this raised a unique question,” said Britcher, Sicari’s attorney. “Clearly, municipal judges in small municipalities need to have other employment. We wanted to ask why he could be a carpenter but not a comedian and actor.”

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