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Re:Insurers Know How Often American Drivers Touch Their Phones by stcredzero on Monday April 29, 2019 @08:07PM (#19783847)
Does the state of California believe that people have "a reasonable expectation of privacy" inside their cars while driving on the road?
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Re:Insurers Know How Often American Drivers Touch Their Phones by jfk13 on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @03:22AM (#19785801)
In terms of driving behavior? I should hope not.

If I'm driving down the road with a phone held to my ear, a giant soda in the other hand, and steering with my knees, and I happen to pass a police officer, I hope they'd be allowed to stop me. I shouldn't be able to hide behind "I was in my private car, you had no right to look in on me and observe my behavior there."

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Re:Insurers Know How Often American Drivers Touch Their Phones by stcredzero on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @01:28PM (#19789996)
If I'm driving down the road with a phone held to my ear, a giant soda in the other hand, and steering with my knees, and I happen to pass a police officer, I hope they'd be allowed to stop me

Some expectation of privacy probably applies to conversations inside the car. Also, there might be a different way to think about the entire record of behavior of where one drives. Neither of those would interfere with policing of the behavior you cite.

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Re:Insurers Know How Often American Drivers Touch Their Phones by Spooky23 on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @03:53PM (#19791296)
No. Anything that isn't in a locked trunk is in public view.

Driving is a privilege, not a right.

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Re:Insurers Know How Often American Drivers Touch Their Phones by jlarocco on Monday April 29, 2019 @09:28PM (#19784319)
No idea, I don't live in California.
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