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loeglast Thursday at 2:27 AM1 replyview on HN

Sure, though it is very easy to visually identify drivers looking at their phones. (Unless they have illegal tint.)


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dylan604last Thursday at 3:57 AM

Only if you're driving next to the car. Speeding obviously can be detected from a distance. Driving under the influence also can be seen from a distance.

I could see having a cop and a camera stationed in a place working as a spotter that then radios to other cops up ahead to pull over in an old school speed trap set up. However, that would take a lot of man power and coordination that I doubt most departments would care to do. We've seen plenty of YT videos of people trying to make a point of catching distracted drivers. The cops just need to give a shit, and want to do something about it.

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