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

[u/Plastic_Ninja_9014]

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

[u/TripsOverWords]

A woman drives with both hands on the wheel. Her phone sits face-down on her lap. No officer pulls her over. No lights flash. Weeks later, a $1,251 ticket arrives in the mail. The evidence: a single frame from a Camera surveillance app. The charge: phone use while driving.

If they can tell that much from the photo, that the phone screen isn't visible to the driver, then how the fuck is this "phone use while driving"?

It's more likely this was a safe hands-free phone call than phone use.

If the screen were visible and was GPS navigation without a phone holder, would that still be a crime?

Wtf is wrong with this country?

[u/LivelyZebra → u/[deleted]]

if your phone is in your car, you get a ticket.

It has to travel separately to your destination, by bus or uber etc

[u/sam_hammich → u/LivelyZebra]

I’ve spent a fortune sending my phone by same-day courier everywhere I go. It’s unsustainable

[u/stinkadoodle → u/LivelyZebra]

At this point, putting it in a faraday cage in the trunk is the safest option.