Thales@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agoWelcome to petty lanesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square200fedilinkarrow-up1863arrow-down187
arrow-up1776arrow-down1imageWelcome to petty lanesh.itjust.worksThales@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square200fedilink
minus-squarecoolfission@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·24 days agoDoesn’t matter if it’s not enforced. We have no holding phone rules in GA and I routinely see people using their phones while driving.
minus-squareSauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6·24 days agoWorse, too often these laws are selectively enforced only when cops are looking for an excuse to profile minorities and poorer drivers.
minus-squareLousyCornMuffins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 days agoyeah i was gonna say. they enforced the no texting law for maybe a year here, then they just started using “I thought I saw them texting” as probable cause to pull over anyone they wanted.
minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-224 days agoThey put up cameras to detect phone and seatbelt offences here in Queensland a couple of years ago. It’s been quite lucrative for the state.
Doesn’t matter if it’s not enforced. We have no holding phone rules in GA and I routinely see people using their phones while driving.
Worse, too often these laws are selectively enforced only when cops are looking for an excuse to profile minorities and poorer drivers.
yeah i was gonna say. they enforced the no texting law for maybe a year here, then they just started using “I thought I saw them texting” as probable cause to pull over anyone they wanted.
They put up cameras to detect phone and seatbelt offences here in Queensland a couple of years ago. It’s been quite lucrative for the state.