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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)
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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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[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 31 points 10 hours ago

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Benjamin Franklin

[-] jdr@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 hour ago

Funny, isn't liberty an inalienable right granted by The Creator?

[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 1 points 21 minutes ago

Ben Franklin was an atheist

[-] 1984@lemmy.today 14 points 6 hours ago

Just think how safe the world would be if everyone was monitored 24 hours per day, for their safety of course.

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