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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 1 month 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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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 month ago (12 children)

I don't know what town it is exactly (Kirkland or Kenmore, WA), and they had a speed limit posted as 30mph., but gave my friend a ticket for going over 28 in a 25 zone. They grayed out the speed limit in the photo they sent that was approved by a cop. My friend would've had to go and get a picture of the sign to prove what assholes they were. I remember the sign and know for a fact that it said 30. Not enough to fight it, but enough to stay the fuck away from that town.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Some towns literally just exist to extract money from nonlocals who don’t know to not go through there. There’s one near where I grew up that transitions from a 60 mph to a 30 mph zone at the bottom of a hill, so if you aren’t riding your brakes the whole way down you’re speeding. And of course the cops love to sit there and pop people with tickets for it.

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Ain't that shit considered "entrapment"?

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

Entrapment has a very specific definition, and this ain't it.

It might still be an illegal speed limit change, but that's going to depend on an awful lot of details. It's certainly bad design, but the locals probably like it for the money it brings in.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

Entrapment is when a cop gets you to do something that breaks a law, and then catches you.

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