NYPD give out over 9,000 “driving while using a cell phone” tickets during one-day campaign

In an effort to drive home the point that you are not allowed to talk on a cell phone while driving in New York, the NYPD recently held a one-day event that gave tickets to 9,016 motorists.

Not bad for a one day event, but this goes to show that many people simply are not following the law. In the past, the NYPD had issued 195,579 tickets during 2008. That, of course, could also be a little bit of good news in terms of revenue though, each ticket comes with a fine of $120, which all-in-all means a little over a million dollars in fines could be collected.

And with a little bit of irony, it seems that no one was immune to getting ticketed that day, the NY Daily News had a journalist out covering the event who was ticketed while he was on his way to cover the story. Bottom line, talking on the phone can be distracting, just put it down until you arrive where you are going, or at the very least buy (and use) a headset.

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