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Georgia Cop Issues 800 Tickets To Drivers Texting At Red Lights
McGruber writes "WSB-Television, Atlanta, tells us that Gwinnett County police officer Jessie Myers has issued more tickets for texting and driving than any other officer in the state. Officer Myers said he sees most people typing away on their phones while waiting at red lights. 'Most people think they're safe there,' Myers said. However, he said it's still illegal. 'At a red light, you're still driving, according to the law. You're on a roadway, behind (the wheel of) a car, in charge of it, with a vehicle in drive,' Myers said. Myers also tickets drivers using navigation apps. One driver said she was just using her phone's GPS. The law forbids that and Myers issued her a ticket. "That's right. You can't use your navigation while driving. Unless it is a GPS-only device, such as Garmin or Tom Tom, something that is not used as a communication device,' Myers said."
I for one am glad that this cop is out ticketing Map App users. Current Models of iPhone and Android maps have VOICE INSTRUCTIONS that tell you how far to drive and where to turn. I can only imagine that these are Android users who bought some cheap piece of shit phone that the manufacturer released with an already obsolete OS who have never and will never update their OS and are the main cause of Android version fragmentation.
I only wish he could put these Android users in JAIL.
FOREVER.
It should be.