Nevermind Texting While Driving...

Turtle

Administrator
Staff member
Retired Expediter
At first glance you might think this is an expediter, or a cop car. But it's just a guy to can't get away from the office.


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(AP) — Forget texting while driving. German police say they nabbed a driver who had wired his Ford station wagon with an entire mobile office.

Saarland state police said Friday the 35-year-old man was pulled over on the autobahn near Saarbruecken Germany on Monday Nov. 12, 2012, for doing 130 kph (80 mph) in a 100 kph zone while passing a truck Monday.

Built on a wooden frame on his passenger seat they found a laptop on a docking station tilted for easy driver access, a printer, router, wireless internet stick, WLAN antenna, and an inverter to power it all.

A navigation system and cellphone mounted to the windshield completed the array.

Since there was no evidence he used the office while moving, he got away with a €120 ($153) speeding ticket and a possible fine for having unsecured items in his car.
 

cheri1122

Veteran Expediter
Driver
It's a perfectly logical extension of the philosophy that put internet at the driver's fingertips, innit?
If they can update their facebook & twitter status and find a nearby restaurant [and read reviews] and check the NYSE while enroute, why not have the ability to print and fax at the same time? Just think of all the business that business could transact!
Carnage on the roadways is a small price to pay for that, right?
:rolleyes:
 
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