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The police who stopped him had their radios jammed during the interaction; so I'm not particularly sympathetic to the title's artificial framing: > Fined $48k
by Someone1234 9mo ago
The police who stopped him had their radios jammed during the interaction; so I'm not particularly sympathetic to the title's artificial framing:
> Fined $48k for using a jammer to keep commuters from using phones while driving
The person jammed 911, both on and off the freeway every single work-day for months. They also jammed legal usage of mobile devices on the freeway and in the surrounding area. They were rightfully fined, and if it discourages others then so much the better.
- rustyhancock 9mo ago911, emergency alerts, cloud linked epilepsy and diabetes monitors. He got off lightly for 48k imo.
- ortusdux 9mo agoOn-star and similar automatic incident reporting. Presumably he drove past first responders at the scene of an accident and jammed their communication. Construction zone flaggers typically use radios to coordinate traffic. I agree, 48k is light.
- thatguy0900 9mo agoNot to mention I'm not even sure how that's supposed to be safer? The distracted drivers are now more distracted trying to figure out why their isn't working and people who weren't distracted listining to Spotify are now looking at their phones actively as well. Dude was literally making a bubble of people messing with their phones around him while he drives
- rich_sasha 9mo agoAnd there's nothing wrong with passengers using phones. In fact often most people in the car are not the driver...
- kmoser 9mo agoI have no sympathy for the guilty party, but the title is correctly indicating his intentions, despite the larger and manifold effects he had.