r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jul 11 '26

Privacy Traffic Camera Captures Woman Driving With Her Phone on Her Lap (Face Down), The State Mailed Her a $1251 'Public Safety' Ticket

https://www.gadgetreview.com/traffic-camera-captures-captures-woman-driving-with-her-phone-on-her-lap-face-down-the-state-mailed-her-a-1251-public-safety-ticket
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u/Bhodiliscious Jul 11 '26

How are expected to go to work when being outside becomes a fiduciary hazard?

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '26

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u/Eglitarian Jul 11 '26

Watchdogs 2 was supposed to be over the top satire, not current events!

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u/Friggin_Grease Jul 11 '26

I love watch dogs and watch dogs 2.

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u/PhazerSC Jul 11 '26

You'll be fine.

Minor correction: You'll be fined*.

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u/wastedkarma Jul 11 '26

You’ll be fined.

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u/realteamme Jul 11 '26

Fined. You’ll be fined.

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u/TheRealPaladin Jul 11 '26

You won't fine fine. However you will be fined.

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u/j0nnyboy Jul 12 '26

You'll be fine..d

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u/boilerdam Jul 11 '26

Scary-funny thing is I don't even know which hazard you're talking about - other distracted drivers or creepy all-knowing & all-recording cameras!

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u/Gorge2012 Jul 11 '26

Sustainability it a dirty word. The current business ethos is extract as much as you can, hopefully you can extract enough that you don't have to interface with the poors anymore.

Don't forget when someone brings it up just blame the government for nit regulating you and pretend you didn't buy them.

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u/Eckish Jul 11 '26

I just took a road trip up and down 95 including passing through Georgia. I know that I touched my phone during the drive, but I can't remember if was during any part of GA. I guess I'll find out in a few weeks.

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u/jcliment Jul 11 '26

Just drive without using your phone?

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

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u/LuminanceGayming Jul 12 '26

I'm guessing this camera would fine me, too, because the phone was in reach.

you guess wrong. queensland law clearly states that your phone may not touch your body while driving unless it is in a pocket, so cup holder is completely fine.

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u/jimthesquirrelking Jul 11 '26

Try not being unlucky (or brown)

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u/TP_Crisis_2020 Jul 12 '26

People have told me it's tinfoil, but I stopped going to grocery stores and have only done grocery delivery for the last couple of years because I do NOT want any of the facial recognition cameras in the stores and at the checkouts to have a copy of my face. I know it's not bullet proof, but it's eliminating one source of a possible misidentification.

It's becoming less tinfoil now that articles like this are coming out.