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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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[-] cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

You can 'detect phones' via anything with WiFi. Are you trolling? Do you not understand the difference between image processing and simpler more computer readable signals?

You don't know what the fuck you're talking about. How are so many people so rabidly and confidently ignorant?

[-] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

OpenCV is more than capable of detecting a phone AND can easily be run on a PI with a frame rate high enough for traffic monitoring.

How are so many people so rabidly and confidently ignorant?

I dunno man, what made you that way?

this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2026
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