I live in PA and I’m not holding my breath for this shit to ever be enforced. I’m a school bus driver and last year I had a local cop pass me when I was stopped with my red flashers on letting kids off the bus. He was driving with one hand and looking at his phone in the other - never even saw me.
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Zink@programming.dev 3 weeks agoI have some great news for you. Look at what took effect yesterday in my state! Using a mobile device, including at a red light, is now a primary offense (you’ll get pulled over for just that).
This just applies to PA, but it’s a pretty big state with a population between Sweden and the Netherlands, so it’s not nothing!
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
coolfission@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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.
Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Worse, too often these laws are selectively enforced only when cops are looking for an excuse to profile minorities and poorer drivers.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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.
Almacca@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
They put up cameras to detect phone and seatbelt offences here in Queensland a couple of years ago. It’s a voluntary tax, and has been quite lucrative for the state.