Re:Australia uses new technology to catch drivers on phones
by paggle on Monday September 23, 2019 @03:10PM
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Sure, but it perverts incentives when a crime is punished only when it is a certain level of severity but not when it's more severe than that. For the people who are looking at their phones at red lights today, what percentage of them will stop because of this, and what percentage will say, "Oh there's a camera here, I'll wait until I'm on the highway to check my texts."
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Re:Australia uses new technology to catch drivers on phones
by derekp7 on Monday September 23, 2019 @03:14PM
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Not only that, but even for those checking while driving, how many people now put the phone down below the dash, where they really can't see traffic when looking at it, vs. holding it up in the air where they can glance back an forth (not that this is really safe either, but looking down at your lap is much worse).