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re: In other tech news, how long before a detector comes out for this?
Posted on 9/23/14 at 10:20 pm to TigerinATL
Posted on 9/23/14 at 10:20 pm to TigerinATL
It seems like it would be a headache for a cop to try to give this kind of ticket out. At least if you stop someone for speeding you know they were speeding. In this case there are too many ways where you would be stopping someone where they are doing nothing illegal at all. I'd guess that if you scanned the road at any given time you could stop half the cars in site for sending or receiving messages. Maybe having another excuse to stop random cars is the real purpose, I just don't see these tickets holding up.
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Posted on 9/23/14 at 10:32 pm to MamouTiger65
I'm guessing something like this would be used to supplement evidence in observable offenses, not to give cops a reason to pull over every car that triggers the detector. However, if the detector goes off and a cop can see the driver using her phone, probably makes for a stronger case, especially in those states that have specific laws against texting vs. universal laws against operating a phone while driving. Not sure how easy it is to prove on the spot that someone who was observed holding a phone in the car was violating a specific anti-texting law.
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