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Originally Posted by AR_Six
I guess the difference is that you can't suddenly become sober when you're pulled over. You can pretty easily put your phone away. Arguing that possession of a cell phone presents a threat to public safety is pretty tenuous.
Really I just don't know why they're doing this. It's so much simpler to enforce the law as it stands and institute penalties sufficient for deterrence. If the fine cost as much as a cell phone to begin with, wouldn't that be more effective? Gets around the administrative issues involved with keeping track of everyone's cell phone, avoids weird consititutional problems, generates more revenue, and probably does a better job of deterring stupid behaviour.
Even a 24 hour driving ban would be easier to administer given that the mechanism to do that is already in place, and the same result is achieved - the offender wouldn't be able to drive and talk for 24 hours.
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I mostly agree, but I also stated support for a 24-hour confiscation for people who have been fined multiple times for this. At that point, it may well become a penalty sufficient for deterrence.