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Police to spy on drivers suspected of texting in federal test

As more states ban texting behind the wheel in a fight against deadly driver distractions, police departments around the country have found enforcing those laws difficult, if not impossible. Now a new federal grant will pay for experimenting with the only technique shown to work so far -- spying on motorists while they drive.

The $550,000 grant announced this week by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will let police departments in Connecticut and Massachusetts test a variety of anti-texting moves over the next two years, from ad campaigns to roving patrols. The aim: To find "real-world protocols and practices to better detect if a person is texting while driving," said NHTSA chief David Strickland.

While 38 states ban texting behind the wheel, proving that someone is using their phone to type text rather than look at a map or some other permitted use has become a roadblock for law enforcement agencies.

Only 10 states ban all hand-held cellphone use behind the wheel, so in most states with a texting ban, simply holding a phone in your hand isn't enough for a ticket; officers have to see a driver thumb type before they can pull them over. In Minnesota, police wrote 1,200 tickets for texting in 2011, compared to 200,000 for speeding, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. In Scranton, Penn., police issued 10 tickets in six months after that state's ban went into effect -- and one of those was to a driver who admitted texting after a crash.

That's why the NHTSA grant will pay for "spotters on overpasses" and other roadways who could identify drivers while they type, and there's already evidence for how such a program can work. In Bismarck, N.D., police wrote 31 distracted driving tickets in two days during a crackdown earlier this month where they used unmarked, high-riding trucks or SUVs to peer down into cars and catch texters in the act. Since North Dakota bars not just texting but Internet browsing behind the wheel, officers had to see what specific apps drivers were using, with one officer telling The Bismarck Tribune that they could have written twice as many tickets, but couldn't get enough evidence.

While some safety groups have called for an outright ban of cellphone use behind the wheel, such proposals haven't gained much support in Congress or legislatures around the nation. No federal agency has the power to control what people do with smartphones while driving, and there's still an open debate about how serious a risk texting or other electronic distractions pose compared with better-known dangers such as drunk driving. Thousands of Americans have already been the victim of a motorist who should have been steering instead of typing, and the U.S. Supreme Court has said there's no expectation of privacy when driving on public roads. But if the only way to enforce texting bans involves undercover police reading cellphone screens over driver's shoulders, the debate over how to make roads safer will take a different route.

Baada ya kujitoa mwenyewe kwenye Kili Music Awards, sasa TID anataka kumaliza tofauti zake na waandaaji ili kutimiza ndoto zake.

Baada ya takriban miaka miwili kupita toka Khalid Mohamed a.k.a TID kuandika barua ya kujitoa na kutotaka kuhusishwa na Tuzo za muziki za Kili, leo hii hit maker wa ‘Zeze’ amesema anataka kumaliza tofauti zake na waandaaji wa tuzo hizo ili aweze kutimiza ndoto zake za kuwa msanii bora kwaajili ya nchi yake.

“I Really want to Finish My Differences with Kili Music Awardz so I can Pursue My Dream of becomin a better Artist for my Country”. Aliandika Top in Dar katika facebook page yake leo.

Ifuatoyo ndio barua aliyoiandika TID wakati anajitoa katika tuzo hizo mwaka 2010:

“Naomba radhi kwa mashabiki wangu wote kutoka pande zote za sayari hii najua mlikua mnasubiria kunipigia kura kwenye hiki kinyanganyiro cha award hizi za kilimanjaro,najua imekua uamuzi muafaka kwangu kujitoa kwene awards hizi basi naomba muelewe sababu zangu hizi za msingi:

1.Kwanza nahisi mimi kama TID na mziki ninao perfom kwa kipindi chote hiki cha miaka saba toka nimepewa tunzo hizi sina umuhimu wa kuwa shiriki sababu hata nikitengeza wimbo ambao unakubalika sana na wapenzi wa muziki huu wa kizazi kipya sipewi tuzo kwa mantiki hiyo naona sioni sababu ya kuwa kwenye tuzo hizi.

2.Pia nilidhani labda ni upungufu wa mawazo ya majaji ama waandaaji ambao imewezekana nilitofautiana nao kipindi fulani nilipokuwa nafanya nao kazi za maonesho,inauma sana unapoona wengine ambao uko nao kwenye same field wanapewa nafasi kubwa ambayo pia mimi nastahili kutokana na juhudi ambazo nafanya kwenye sanaa hii ya kizazi kipya hapa nahisi sihitajiki kwani kama wimbo wangu wa bendi ni bora wa mwaka kwanini nisiwe mwanamuziki bora wa kiume mwaka huo,pia hata video zangu huwa za viwango vya juu nazo hazipewi nafasi kwenye video bora za mwaka!

3.Kwa sababu hizi ambazo mimi naona kwangu hazinijengi sioni sababu ya kuwepo kwenye TUZO hizi tena kwani sidhani kama ni wakati wa kuwaangusha mashabiki wangu ambao natumia muda mwingi na effort binafsi bila ya mdhamini kuwaunganisha na muziki wangu basi nisameheni kama nimewakosea lakini hainisaidii chochote endeleeni na hao mnaowapa kila category i will never stop making good music for my country surely i wont,i was born to do THIS.”

Siku za karibuni TID ameonekana kutoa yale ya moyoni kuhusu watu ambao wamekuwa vikwazo katika maendeleo ya kazi zake za muziki, ikiwa ni pamoja na ile story ya kutaka kuumua Alikiba. Na mpya zaidi tuhuma za ku copy wimbo wake wa ‘Kiuno’ kutoka kwenye wimbo wa 'Shayman And Petersen - Fendela Fenduze' wa Zambia.

“Some FooLs are so Scared with my Sucess Walisema nataka kuwaua,Now nimecopy this KiuNo song wat is it do u Guys want From me bt u so Weak AllaH is Protectin Me!” hii ni status aliyoiweka jumatatu wiki hii katika ukurasa wake wa facebook.

“Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart” wa Twililight wanaswa na paparazzi wakijaribu kutafuta suluhu, ni baada ya Kristen kusaliti penzi na director wake.

Mfahamu muigizaji wa TV Show anaelipwa pesa nyingi zaidi duniani.

Ashton Kutcher

Kwa mujibu wa Forbes staa wa TV show inayoitwa ‘Two and Half Men’ Ashton Kutcher ndiye muigizaji anaelipwa mkwanja mrefu zaidi kati ya TV actors wote.

List iliyotolewa katika magazine inaonesha Ashton Kutcher mwenye umri wa miaka 34 anaongoza katika list ndefu ya waigizaj katika television kwa kulipwa $24 mililion kwa kati mwezi May 2011 na May 2012.

Waigizaji wanaomfuatia ni muigizaji wa uingereza Hug Laurie na mchekeshaji Ray Romano ambao wamefungana katika nafasi ya pili kwa kulipwa $18 Million.

Game amkingia kifua muigizaji Stacey Dash “Sio kila mtu mweusi anamsapoti Obama”

Stacey Dash

Rapper Game ambae hivi karibuni alisema kuwa anamsapoti Barack Obama no matter what, ameamua kumtetea muigizaji wa kike Stacey Dash baada ya msichana huyo kusema kuwa yeye atampigia kura Mitt Romney japokuwa ni mtu mweusi na hivyo watu wengi kuonekana wanamshangaa sana na kumsakama muigizaji huyo wa kike kwa uamuzi wake huo.

Member huyo wa zamani wa G-Unit amesema anaheshimu sana itikadi ya kisiasa ya mrembo huyo anaefanya vizuri kwenye tasnia ya uigizaji, Game alifunguka, “nashindwa kuelewa tatizo la watu katika hili, tunaishi katika dunia ambayo tunajaribu kama watu kuondokana na ubaguzi wa rangi. Sio kila mtu mweusi duniani anamsapoti Obama…why are we slamming her?” Game aliendelea, “labda ana mtazamo tofauti na maoni tofauti, na inabidi afungamane nayo.”

Dash hivi karibuni alielezea vikwazo alivyo na mitazamo hasi aliyopokea baada ya kuweka wazi mtazamo wake kuwa atampigia kura Romney.

Game amlaumu Jay- Z, asema amechangia Obama Kuperform chini ya kiwango kwenye mdahalo wa kwanza: “He was probably listening to Jay-Z”.

Game

The West Coast rapper Game anazidi kuelekeza bunduki yake yenye risasi za diss kwa Jigga na sasa amekuja kivingine akimtuhumu kwa kusababisha Obama aperfom chini ya kiwango katika mdahalo uliopita.

Alipoulizwa mtazamo wake kwa performance ya Obama katika mdahalo kwake ilikuwa ni kama alipewa gap la kumsema Jigga, Game aliunganisha tukio la mdahalo wa Obama na Romney uliofanyika mapema mwezi huu na ushiriki wa Jay-Z katika kampeni za Obama.

Alifunguka kwa kujiachia, “Nimeona mdahalo: maneno hayakuwekwa poa saana, baadhi ya mada zilikuwa covered kwa usahihi.” Baada ya hayo mawazo ya jumla, akafunguka zaidi “lakini alikuwa Obama. Inawezekana alimsikiliza Jay-Z kabla ya kuingia pale he was a little bit in the zone and couldn’t get it together. Lakini nampenda Obama ameshapata kura yangu.”

Baada ya hayo aliamua kuweka msisitizo alipokuwa anafanya mahojiano na CBS Local “ngoja nikwambie kitu, Obama angeweza kuja na akasema A-B-C zake katika hiyo debate na bado angepata kura yangu. Nampenda Obama, ametulia na ana Swag na huyo ndiye rais wangu. Mitt Romney ni wa Republican. Na siungani na chochote wanachokisimamia. Sio kama na diss imani ya mtu mwingine yeyote na anachokipigia kura, lakini mimi nampenda Obama. And he can’t do no wrong.” alimaliza Game.

Jay-Z ambae ni mtu wa karibu sana wa Obama kati ya wanamuziki wa Marekani, hivi karibuni alihost tamasha la kumchangia Obama katika kampeni zake na akatokea kwenye tangazo la kusapoti kampeni za Obama.

Jay- Z yuko mstari wa mbele katika kuhakikisha kuwa Barack Obama anarudi White house na hata katika message ya matumaini aliyoiachia Obama masaa kadhaa yaliyopita Jigga anaonekana kuifanyia kazi na kuakisi kile alichosema Mr. president.

Obama amewapa nguvu wapiga kura kwa kujiweka katika nafasi ya mpiga kura kisha akasema, “na mtaanza kuona nguvu ya kura zetu. Wakati rais anaingia ofisini mwanzoni, kile alichokipresent kwa taifa ilikuwa ni matumaini. Unajua, matumaini ya watu wote nchini ambao wangetazama na kujiona katika mambo yanayowezekana…sasa watu wanatumia haki yao, na mtaanza kuona nguvu ya kura zetu. . He made it mean something for the first time for a lot of people."

Mchakato wa kampeni unaendelea U.S.A lakini inaonekana wanamuziki wengi wanamsapoti Obama hata kama wao wanabeef kati yao lakini inapofikia hatua ya kumpigia kura Obama wanakuwa na maneno tofauti lakini yanamaana moja tu “Obama again”.