New Cell Phone Law Spurs the Sale of Hands Free Devices
The new Washington law is spurring sales of hands free devices. The threat of a very stiff fine has been really good for business at the local phone stores.
A sales rep with AT&T said that he had sold over $500 worth of Bluetooth devices just in one day last Friday. All of the phones that they have on display in their store are going to all carry a tag that alerts their customers that talking on driving on the phones is illegal.
Andy the rep stated that they’ve had a lot more people starting to come in. They come in talking about how they now have to do it. From there they get taken to a rack that has a wide range of devices that range from $40-$160. He talks about how the Jawbone has been the most popular unit selling for $100 and is a noise canceling version. There are plenty of stores that will sell many other varieties that are only $20 or so. There are also some wired headsets for people that don’t want to use the wireless units. You can even find that a lot of cars have wireless units built-in.
No matter what you think about the new law you should either pull over or get a hands free device. There are so many options of hands free devices out there now that there is something to fit the tastes of just about anyone that needs to talk on the phone while driving.
There are some people like Lew Mullen that don’t plan on buying one right away after the new cell phone law is going into effect today, at least not immediately after. He talks about how he’s not really on the phone all that often and he doesn’t want to be one of those Bluetooth guys.
He was photographed last week driving while talking on his cell phone on Mission Street in Washington. He says that it looks like you’re too full of self importance to have something in your ear all of the time. Maybe he’ll use the speaker once in awhile but states that most likely he’ll just pull over.
Mullen is a chiropractor and said that talking on the phone while driving is ideal for some people that have long commute times it just isn’t really necessary for his short 10 minute jaunt to work. For the city driving he thinks that a headset is something that is just as dangerous and distracting as holding the phone up to his ear.
He realizes that he likely might change his mind in the future. Being a chiropractor he tells people that they need to get a headset as it’s really hard on the neck holding a phone up to the ear. He jokes that he should be selling the damn things.
If you’re someone like Mullen that doesn’t want to be part of the “Bluetooth Club” than there are many options of speaker hands free systems that are going to give you much more clarity than just the speakerphone on your handset. Regardless of what you go with makes sure that you go hands free in Washington, it’s the law.
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