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In Fairfax County only 10 drivers have been ticketed* this year, because cops can't tell the difference between texting and dialing, which is legal.

Posted by NPR (aka Max) Sep 10 '10, 13:36

*ticketed under the law against texting while driving. speeding tickets still flow freely.

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I wonder if the cops are allowed to grab the phone and check text history? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 10, 13:45 1
- "Next week, on Money Mayweather: Country Sheriff..." -- nm - TFox Sep 10, 13:46
This occurred to me as well. "No, I was checking e-mai- wait, no. Making a phone call!" -- nm - Dr.Vermin, ST'ing and driving Sep 10, 13:44
Yeah, that seems pretty hard to enforce -- nm - Ender Sep 10, 13:37
yeah. I thought a similar thing since I believe in IL you can also use the phone for navigation. Just fire up Google Maps and say, nuh uh -- nm - oblique Sep 10, 13:37

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