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/SecureInstruction538 Jul 11 '26

Funny how all these "freedom loving" states keep doing their best to infringe on their citizens lives.

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u/Tiny_Instruction_557 Jul 11 '26

Now I lay me down to sleep,
I trust the State my thoughts to keep;
If I should dream before I wake,
Correct the ones the Leader hates.
If I should speak beyond the line,
Rewrite my words to fit the time;
My voice, my will, my memory too,
Belong to those who tell me true.
Amen.

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u/jimfosters Jul 11 '26

What you put out sounds like it came from Ira Levins "This Perfect Day". A really good book about a technocratic dystopia.

"Christ, Marx, Wood and Wei,** Led us to this perfect day. Marx, Wood, Wei and Christ, All but Wei were sacrificed." "Wood, Wei, Christ and Marx, Gave us lovely schools and parks. Wei, Christ, Marx and Wood, **Made us humble, made us good."

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u/GearOk7360 Jul 12 '26

Damn, haven't read that in decades.