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.

  • __Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 hours ago

    I get what happened. I don’t agree with the ticket. I don’t like spy cameras everywhere. These are not what i originally posted about. I asked what reason could someone have to have a phone out on their lap while driving their car. Did i go on a weird tirade? I didn’t think i did.