That's a good chunk of revenue for NYC.......
Is the law there regarding hand-held, where a bluetooth earpiece would be okay; or is it totally banning all cellphone usage in moving vehicles?
The fines should be 500 bucks...I can’t count how many times I have had a close call because some idiot was dialing my phone and not paying attention...
9000 tickets at $120 each = $1,080,000 of tax free revenue. Budget shortage? What budget shortage? just ratchet up the tyranny a bit.
My cell phone doesn't decide to jump out the window while I'm doing 65 in traffic. My cell phone doesn't start licking my face, or start barking at the cell phone in the next car.
I use a cell phone with ear pieces and voice recognition. My cell phone certainly has never been as dangerous as driving with four children between 8 and 2.
Yeah, it's better to go after these guys instead of gang members, drug dealers, terrorists, murderers, rapists, etc,etc,etc...
I feel much safer now.
So you have gone Liberal? A government regulated behavior under penalty of a fine. What is wrong with applying a fine only to behavior that causes actual harm? Yankee idiots that ban the possession of firearms, and the use of personal communications devices are NOT conservatives. But thanks for all of your efforts for the Bluetooth laws. Plantronics (PLT)was a good buy in 1997 at $8 and change. They still pay a dividend to boot.
There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. - Ayn Rand
Just sayin'.
If you’re happy and you know it clank your chains (clank, clank)...
Of course, 9000 traffic stops caused no hazard.
I wish the police would enforce a law like this where I live.
There is something about talking on a cell phone that renders otherwise normal people incapable of driving safely.
Y’all just think of this as your “Cellphone tax,” since it’s obvious you don’t pay enough tax already to satisfy the insatiable Michael Bloomers.
More nanny state BS.
Excellent!
Hi Larry!
I hate police. These fat political slobs are more interested in enforcing the orders of their Marxist masters and collecting a check they don’t deserve.
Marxist police are fat stupid punks, unaccountable to the people.
On the other hand, the sheriff is accountable to the people via the ballot box. Police are not accountable to the people. If I had my way, all police would be fired and be forced to submit themselves to a sheriff, elected via the people’s vote, to see if they’re fit to be peace officers who believe in the second amendment and private property.
I’d be curious to know how many of the 9000 were illegal alien cabbies, whose immigration status wasn’t checked by the NYPD (only acting on orders, of course).
Note to self: Never spend one dime in NYC again.
This is obscene. The police are nothing but armed tax collectors anymore.