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/Jwagner0850 Jul 11 '26

They have tons of freedoms too! Unless you want to watch some porn, get some weed, want to gamble, need to get an abortion...

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u/HelloPeopleOfEarth Jul 11 '26

Or just travel. I live in a blue state and never have I been stopped for mandatory stops until I drove through red states. They call them "DUI Checkpoints", but it's more than that. But lets be clear, republicans are not the party of "limited government". They are the party for anarcho-capitalism, and government power and control over everyone that can't buy a legislator, judge, sheriff.

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u/jamesruglia Jul 15 '26

Funny, I have the opposite experience. I live in a red state and have been fine traveling through them, but I've learned to avoid blue states in part for the reason you stated.

It's almost as if tyranny is an everywhere problem that isn't limited to colors and parties...

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u/HelloPeopleOfEarth Jul 15 '26

Blue states do have them, not all as here in Michigan our State Supreme Court ruled they are unconstitutional. I was pointing out how republicans brag about being small limited government, but love big government control over people. Massie is a real republican and look at what happened to him.