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Traffic Camera Captures Woman Driving With Her Phone on Her Lap (Face Down), The State Mailed Her a $1251 'Public Safety' Ticket (www.gadgetreview.com)
submitted 18 hours ago by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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A woman drives with both hands on the wheel. Her phone sits face-down on her lap. No officer pulls her over. No lights flash. Weeks later, a $1,251 ticket arrives in the mail. The evidence: a single frame from a Camera surveillance app. The charge: phone use while driving.

Automated camera companies market their devices as automated license plate readers — tools for catching stolen cars, flagging warrants, and aiding serious investigations.

Sold as a Crime Tool. Used as a Fine Machine.

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[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Not enough to fight it

if that's not worth fighting then nothing is. I've met High school kids that have fought tickets before. U.S. Traffic Courts are notoroious for being extraordinarily mundane

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 hours ago

They would have fought it if you could fight it like a normal ticket, but you couldn't. You could pay or write them a stern letter that would mean nothing. Seattle has those kinds of tickets too. This would have had to have been a trip to the AG or something. I don't know how they would have fought it without a lawyer.