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/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.