During the course of her trip, she was stopped by a state police officer who determined that the woman was intoxicated and took the woman, with her consent, to a hospital for a blood draw which later proved that she was intoxicated. In those 20 miles, she drove by several hospitals, police stations, and fire stations. 911 would probably say, seriously! Coast Guard would say you have our permission!Įnforcing rules for the sake of enforcing rules does not serve the safety of the public.īut, I once served as a juror in a case where a woman, who had been consuming cocaine and alcoholic beverages, decided to drive 20 miles to get treatment for a head injury allegedly caused by her spouse. I call 911 or the Coast Guard, but do I tell the them I cannot ask the mariner questions and relay information for them? Legally I cannot as I do not have a coastal station license. I hear a distress call, and after several tries no one responds to them. I carry a handheld VHF marine transceiver at the beach, but I am not on a boat. Heck, that one would never make it past the DA. It's just good practice not to issue a speeding ticket. Does the police officer assist her and later give her a speeding ticket? Pretty sure there are no exceptions for speeding by the general public in the traffic laws. She no longer is a risk to safety on the roadway.

Pregnant lady is stopped for speeding on the way to the hospital. John McClean 'Does it sound like I'm ordering a pizza?!!!'

Dispatcher 'If you don't get off this frequency I will report you to the authorities. You can't do that!' or 'You can now do that!' Once that happens, only then (and hopefully) the topic will be put to rest. I firmly believe it will continue to be that until ARRL and/or FCC comes out and says 'Hey. a very long time! (At least back when I got licensed.) And to this day, it's still an extremely hot button topic. The issue of being able to broadcast out-of-band in an emergency has been a hot button topic for. How this was all discovered was from Mr./Mrs.

None of them say they're permitted for use on public safety bands. I have seen manuals stating MARS/CAP mods are permitted provided you're registered/certified to operate those frequencies. I would think in the Newsline article, this would be the proverbial 'got you' moment if anything were to come of it from dear old Uncle Charlie. '.one of the net's members, said that modified 2-meter radios had to be installed in the fire chief's vehicle for backup and at the firehouse crew's quarters.'

Fcc ruling on baofeng radios