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Originally Posted by Northendzone
as an aside, i wish the calgary police would start to employ some of the sneaky tactics to catch distracted drivers that otehr police services are using as i think driving and phone use is worse that it has ever been.......but i digress....
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It is a half-hearted fine and now the initial scare of the new law is gone people have gone back to talking on the phone and texting just as much as before. Lets face it, if you knew drunk driving only carried a $250 fine you probably would have that extra beer your buddy offered you before going home. The consequences simply aren't steep enough to deter the general masses fromt stopping and the fine isn't big enough to warrant the police to set up traps as speeding is much more lucrative for their business (lets face it traffic law enforcement in Calgary has turned into a profit generating business).