Cops in Canada have given out tickets to people in stopped cars for texting:
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Earlier this month, RCMP Const. Bryan Martell appeared at a Chilliwack-area intersection dressed in a hooded jacket and ball cap – and sporting a few day’s growth of beard.
Wandering alongside stopped vehicles he carried a cardboard sign reading “Hello, my name is Constable Martell. If you’re on your cell phone right now, you are about to get a ticket.”
If he spotted a driver texting talking on his cell phone, Cst. Martell radioed ahead to a uniformed officer who would then ticket the vehicle.
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Not sure if this has happened in Calgary yet though.
Hilariously, I learned today that these undercover cops have been coined : hobocops.
I agree with your post though Pylon, especially this :
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Originally Posted by pylon
The basic idea is to follow the spirit of the law, not the letter of it.
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