Just want to share an experience I just had in Stowe. First I have no issue with cell phone bans while driving. Using the phone while driving is unnecessary and dangerous. That said, a bit of leeway for when you have the car in park seems fair to me.
Today in Stowe, I was stopped at the Little River bridge construction site. I had the car in park. My car was in park as they let the on coming traffic through the one open lane. I glanced at my phone to see if an email I was expecting from a client came in. The flagger walks up to my car and says, "just so you know, one of the flaggers on the other side of the bridge is an undercover cop and he's looking for cell phone use. Because this is a work zone he is writing $500 tickets.".
Sure enough later in the morning I saw him pull a driver out of line and into an adjacent parking lot. If I had looked at my phone on the other side of the bridge I would've been nailed while the car was in park.
Little over the top enforcement no?
And yes I know VT has a revenue problem.
Today in Stowe, I was stopped at the Little River bridge construction site. I had the car in park. My car was in park as they let the on coming traffic through the one open lane. I glanced at my phone to see if an email I was expecting from a client came in. The flagger walks up to my car and says, "just so you know, one of the flaggers on the other side of the bridge is an undercover cop and he's looking for cell phone use. Because this is a work zone he is writing $500 tickets.".
Sure enough later in the morning I saw him pull a driver out of line and into an adjacent parking lot. If I had looked at my phone on the other side of the bridge I would've been nailed while the car was in park.
Little over the top enforcement no?
And yes I know VT has a revenue problem.