Ask the PI Moms

I was a real bluetooth hater! Up until a couple of weeks ago. It ended up costing  me $450 in tickets and $150 to actually get the one that works for me, not counting a couple of liters of tears and traffic court at 8 in the morning… It’s a sad story that I decided to share to hopefully save some of your nerves and money… This is not so much for guys – they seem to actually use those things. So, we all have an excuse to hate them – my excuse is, I am a small woman – 5′2″ (this is in the morning), 115lbs (this is being 6 months pregnant), and my son’s shoes were too big for me when he was 7.  The only type of headphones I’ve ever been able to use were those DJ-ish Real Big Ones, because the biggest thing that I was ever able to squeeze in my ear was obviously a q-tip. So yeah, not a chance for a bluetooth, ever. I have to say, I always answer my phone. Always, even in the shower, I swear. It all started when I got a phone call from my son’s elementary school saying he probably broke his arm… The whale-like sounds the phone call was accompanied with made me realize he probably did, and minimum in half!!! I ran to school, took him to the hospital, I am crying-he is crying, surgery, they fixed the arm, and my son got banned from the swing for the rest of the school year (I am REEEEALLY keeping it short). You get the idea. So, I do answer my phone. That particular time my husband, who drove down 680 a minute ahead of me, called TO MAKE SURE I AM NOT NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG because there was a cop on the corner… the corner I was just passing right that second… How sad. I had no idea I can get ticketed for using my speakerphone! Did you know you will really get a ticket for being on speakerphone? So, you, bluetooth haters, moms, who answer the phone while driving for the same reason I do, beware, they are not kidding, there is a cell phone law, and it includes speaker phones. The funniest part is, I still can’t squeeze any bluetooth into my ears, to I ended up bying that super expensive ANT SPEAKER thing that now curses like a shoemaker (no offense, literal translation) throughout my car no matter who is in it, and I still can’t figure out how one speaker is legal while another is not. Drive safe everyone, and go get the legal speaker…  And I’m gonna go get a bucket of ice-cream now, and figure out which traffic school to pick. Any suggestions, please share!