Fixer at 10:58:01 PM Comments You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post. Police are also trained to use a computer, radio, emergency light and siren kit while patrol driving. They are trained to multitask while drive, unlike the general public. This clearly would make sense to extend to a cellphone, no? I don't think so. This guy was speeding and all over the road. He was distracted, not paying attention and a hazard to the traffic around him. I'm pretty good at multi-tasking, but it wouldn't be much of an excuse to a cop, even if I was trained to do it. Yes, by law, police officers are exempt from this law, but it doesn't make it any less dangerous. Before this law was created, driving and talking on the phone was legal. However, it was just as dangerous before the law was created as it was after. It's clear from the description of the events that a police officer is no better at driving and talking as a regular driver. It is also clear that SOME police officers don't see a problem with this and risk the lives of other drivers: http://forums.blueline.ca/viewtopic.php?\\... The first line of your article is 100% correct. It may annoy you, but there is nothing wrong with a police officer using a cellphone or radio while driving, since operators of emergency vehicles (police, fire and ambulance) are exempted from this rule. As for "speeding and all over the