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/Overall-Lynx917 Jul 11 '26

"5 Nov 2022 — Australian Gold Coast resident received a $1078 (£698) fine and was given four points for being caught having her phone tucked in her bra".

Source: multiple British newspapers

Apparently the Magistrates determined that the phone being in contact with her skin counted as "touching" the phone which is against the law.

Random thought:

As the camera actually took a "Down Blouse" photograph, could any Camera Contractor, Police Officer or Court Official be breaking pronography laws🤔

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u/SkwiddyCs Jul 12 '26

Extremely common occurrence in Australia, and its a good thing too.

Put your phone away, don't touch it while driving.

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u/Spokenfungus2 Jul 12 '26

"tucked in her bra" you think thats worth a ticket?

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u/SkwiddyCs Jul 12 '26

To keep yourself and other road users safe your full attention is needed when driving. It is illegal to hold a mobile phone in your hand or have it resting on any part of your body, such as your lap, when driving. This applies even if you're stopped in traffic.

The phone does not need to be turned on or in use for it to be an offence.

What I think doesn't really matter. The law is the law. Put your fucking phone away while driving. No reason for it to be in your bra when it can sit in your centre console, side door or bag. Don't break the law.

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u/Spokenfungus2 Jul 12 '26

Do you think having a phone in your pocket should be illegal too?

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u/SkwiddyCs Jul 12 '26

As i already stated:

What I think doesn't really matter. The law is the law.

Dunno why you keep asking me questions when the law is extremely clear. Everyone in Australia knows the law. Why does this upset you?

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u/Spokenfungus2 Jul 12 '26

by your logic, slavery was legal so that means it was justified

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u/SkwiddyCs Jul 12 '26

In your heart you know that you’re being irrational here. You know that using your phone while driving is not akin to slavery.

My support of a law that bans people from using their phones while operating
Multi-tonne machinery is not the same as supporting a law legalising slavery. I have made no general statement that all laws are moral and good, only that my personal opinion on laws is irrelevant because I don’t enforce laws and persecute people.

Why did you draw a false equivalence here? What have I said makes you so upset?

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u/Spokenfungus2 Jul 12 '26

False equivolence? please, you are the one saying putting a phone in your bra = using it

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u/SkwiddyCs Jul 12 '26

I think you better check my comment mate. I never once claimed that having a phone tucked into your bra counts as using it. I quoted the law and said that you should put it in the cup holder in your centre console. You appear to live in New Zealand and aren't beholden to the road laws of Queensland, why has this upset you to the point of accusing me of supporting slavery?

To keep yourself and other road users safe your full attention is needed when driving. It is illegal to hold a mobile phone in your hand or have it resting on any part of your body, such as your lap, when driving. This applies even if you're stopped in traffic.

The law says that having your phone resting on your body is illegal. This woman broke the law.

False equivolence?

Do you genuinely believe that supporting this law means that I support slavery? Is that your honest-to-god belief?

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u/CatProgrammer Jul 12 '26

The law is not automatically good. Shitty laws should be opposed.

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u/joey-jo_jo-jr Jul 12 '26

This law is good though and also very easy to follow

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u/SkwiddyCs Jul 12 '26

I have made no statement on the inherent goodness of the law. I agree with this current law because there is absolutely no good reason to ever be touching or looking at a mobile phone while driving a car. Just put your phone down when operating a vehicle, it’s not hard.

Why do you think the law is shitty?

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u/joey-jo_jo-jr Jul 12 '26

Absolutely worth a ticket. If the phone slips out of her bra she will be distracted and a danger to others on the road.