re: New Jersey officers dress up as shrubs to catch distracted drivers on their phones

I was driving down the road two hands on the wheel and eyes straight ahead when suddenly this talking shrubbery approaches me and totally distracted me.

A literal talking and walking shrubbery.

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People could just stop playing on their phones while driving.

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My wife got a ticket on Essen for checking Google Maps on her phone while sitting at a red light.

Eta: It might have been a text? Been a while, so I’m not certain on that point. But was certainly sitting at a red light.

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I've checked my phone at a redlight before. That should probably be treated differently as the driver is, imo, behaving responsibly.

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That’s what she told the cop; he said that’s not how the law is written. She was fricking furious when she got to Zorba’s