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

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The problem is it’s a steady erosion of liberties and when these ‘laws’ keep getting passed, you realize all your freedoms are gone because it’s so subtle.

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Compare this to seat belt laws and see which one prevents more harm to innocent people. If you die in an accident while not wearing a seatbelt, you are the cause. Yet, seatbelt laws are likely ticketed at a rate 10X that of cellphone while driving laws. I think that seatbelt laws are much more invasive than cellphone laws, but you don’t hear nearly as much complaining about the seatbelt laws.

I bet those suits are hot as hell.

Holding your phone in your hand - bad

Playing around on the TV-sized computer screen installed across the dash that connects to your phone - A OK

That had to be exactly what a person envisioned when thinking about becoming a cop

Cops here do a sting every couple months, borrow a bunch of school busses, put 2 officers on each side of the bus and drive around, noting and photographing drivers playing on their phones, then mailing the registered owner a ticket.