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How I wish I can fail you. I see so many people not stop at stop signs. I see some that think that the 4-way stop doesn't apply if they are turning right.
Sure, it looks like a cash grab but stopping them for doing a rolling stop with nearly no traffic around will also give a chance for the officer to 'educate' them cause who knows if that's how they drive at all stop signs regardless of whether it's a busy intersection or not.
Also, I have no issue with the cell phone crackdown. I have my phone in my pocket just so there is no temptation to use it. I've heard of many more serious infractions caught by doing simple things as peering in to do the cellphone check or seatbelt checks.
You might think it's useless doing these but I think this is a good thing. However, if the cell phone is not 'securely mounted', I would be more in favour of the person just getting a warning, but then again, not being stopped for not 'securely mounting your phone that's playing music to your dash', I wouldn't know if the officer didn't just gave the person a warning for doing that if they did get stopped for that.
Have you seen the news when they are following officers doing the cell phone check? You see people blatantly lying and saying they weren't on the phone when you can clearly see them on the phone just before that from news footage caught by the camera crew. I can see why cops tend not to want to believe people.
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