Cash Windfall Following Mobile Phone Ban
from the enforcement-for-all-the-wrong-reasons dept
Last month we had a story about how an initial review of the New York State ban on driving-while-yakking showed no real benefits from the law. In the comments, someone pointed out that this was due to the fact that the police weren't enforcing the law at all, so everyone was still chatting away while driving. However, the lack of police enforcement appears to be changing, at least within New York City. This isn't necessarily because the cops are suddenly realizing the danger of driving while yakking, but rather a push for more revenue to cover the city's well-publicized budgetary problems. Nice to see that are legal policies are now officially being designed to support government overspending.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Kinda like speeding - don't speed, you won't pay.
But property tax increases are forever....
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