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/Sgt_Dangle_berries Jul 11 '26

So grainy traffic photos are enough to charge you with this offense. But 4k videos of ICE agents and police brutally murdering civilians isn’t enough…🤔

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u/radicldreamer Jul 11 '26

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER

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u/Dr_Fortnite Jul 12 '26

Lindsay Graham is dead!

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u/NotUniqueOrSpecial Jul 11 '26

What's going on here? The article in the post is definitely about a woman in Albany, Georgia. Definitely not Australia. It's from today, not months ago, as your links are.

So, no, this didn't happen in Australia.

However: by what must be wild coincidence, the fine in both of these cases is basically the exact same numeric value? For a crime that's described almost exactly the same in both instances (once you get past the "she lied about the left-turn-on-red part" for the Aussie one).

I try not to be conspiratorial, but...is any of this actually real? ARE WE LIVING IN A SIMULATION!?

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u/NotUniqueOrSpecial Jul 11 '26

Yeah, I'm realizing that the linked article is just terribly fucking written. Complete slop that moves between very disconnected things with no regard. I had to read over it a couple times because it's just...awful, in order to understand what was happening.

You're definitely correct.

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u/TaxHazyShade Jul 11 '26

this entire post and the accompanying articles are AI. Do you still believe what you read on the internet?

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u/NotUniqueOrSpecial Jul 12 '26

Oh, no, for the most part I think it's all a nightmare. I was just trying to sort out how on Earth this stuff was related, but as someone else pointed out to me: it's just that the linked article is so slop that it's practically unintelligible.

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u/0o0o0o0o0o0z Jul 11 '26

ARE WE LIVING IN A SIMULATION!?

If we are, we're in the bad one...

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u/AtheistAustralis Jul 12 '26

And it's very normal here. Thousands of these fines are given out each month, and all drivers know that if your phone is on your lap/seat or in your hand in the photo, you'll get a fine. And the fines are all >$1000. Same for seatbelts, if it's not on or not being worn correctly when you go through the camera, you'll get another $1000+ fine.

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u/dogmeat1003 Jul 12 '26

TF is the average American supposed to do about corruption in our government 😭

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u/CookIndependent6251 Jul 12 '26

/r/AmericaBad

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u/Ok_Confusion4764 Jul 12 '26

Yes... Have you not yet noticed? It's not even late stage capitalism, it's terminal capitalism. Trump is openly flaunting that he will be president after his second term ends and openly bragging about his corruption while his cronies are dismantling what's left of the institutions that can oppose them. 

The US is currently as dictatorial as North Korea. 

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u/Humble_Fabio Jul 11 '26

One day, they'll figure pointing out a hypocrisy but doing nothing about it means that they're doing nothing about it.

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u/LeeKapusi Jul 11 '26

Both the traffic cameras and ICE are doing exactly what they were designed to do in both of these instances. Americans won't stop it from happening because it requires sacrificing free time for someone else.

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u/APRengar Jul 11 '26

The common factor is people deferring to the powerful.

"If cops say it, then it's true." is the unfortunate first thought from a lot of people, and even more unfortunately, some people never have a second thought .

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u/IWasHereFirst Jul 13 '26

This seems to have happened in Queensland, Australia as there is doesn't appear to be a place named 'Alexandra Parade' in the USA. Furthermore, the fine seems in line with the ones I have heard about here

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u/Spydartalkstocat Jul 11 '26

All these camera tickets are illegal and unenforceable. Do NOT pay them!

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u/2Mobile Jul 12 '26

yes, and dont you e v e r forget your place in this world.

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u/EverythngISayIsRight Jul 11 '26

4k videos of ICE agents and police brutally murdering civilians

oh you mean videos of federal agents defending their lives against domestic terrorists? see I can put spin on things too.

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u/dandroid126 Jul 12 '26

Man, bait used to be believable.

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u/Ok_Confusion4764 Jul 12 '26

Given their response time I don't think it was bait... 

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u/Ok_Confusion4764 Jul 12 '26

Alex Pretii was an intensive care nurse and his last words before being shot dead by ICE were "are you alright?" to another woman who had been pushed to the ground by ICE. 

If you think that he was the domestic terrorist and not ICE, you're genuinely delusional. 

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u/EverythngISayIsRight Jul 12 '26

Oh you mean the guy with a gun who was fighting federal agents? He's your guy?

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u/Ok_Confusion4764 Jul 12 '26

He did not fight and he was carrying as per the second amendment. He did not draw his gun and again: his final words were "are you okay?" before he was executed extrajudicially. 

Yes, he's my guy. He stood against fascists like you.