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After Traffic Stop for Phone in Right Hand, She Called Out the Problem (www.nytimes.com)

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But before [the deputy] could get very far with his explanation, Ms. Thomas held up her right arm. There was no phone in it. There had never been a phone in it because she has no right hand.

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[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 23 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I had a cop pull me over for phone in hand. But I was driving manual and my arm was out the window. After a few minutes of arguing I said he should just write a ticket and I’ll bring my phone records to court.

He told me to wait and then left.

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 10 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Ngl, I've let go of the wheel because my window arm was comfortable. Maybe bring up a knee just in case. "get your teen a manual because they can't do anything else with their hands!"

Bet.

[–] kobra@piefed.social 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Truth. I drove with my knees so much when I had a manual transmission.