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.
Makes you wonder how many other tickets in this “safety campaign” were fraudulent. My area has done these targeted enforcement days. They spend 8 hours writing tickets, then pat themselves on the back and plan to do the same thing next year. Meanwhile, the average driver is still doing 60km/h on a residential street. But at least they caught those pesky people using the shoulder at an intersection that wasn’t designed for modern demand.
Realistically a lot. Especially for drivers with dark skin.
Automated enforcement gets actual violations if done right. But it tickets the white and rich a lot more, so there is huge pushback
I had heard about this before this article. This is one of those times I wish it was possible to be inside someone else’s head and observe their thoughts and feelings in a moment. I think it would be really fascinating to be inside the officer’s head during this interaction. If it was me, I would have turned and walked away without saying another word and hope that no one ever heard about it.
I always wondered how these guys make it through life.
I understand its a position of authority and an air of confidence is necessary at all times, but gods damned dude
“You had a phone in your right hand”
shows a complete lack of a right hand
“…You sure you don’t have a hand?”
As someone who won’t read the article, as I don’t feel like dealing with NY Times website bullshit, is that how it went down? Or is that satire?
How are you allowed to drive if you have just one hand? Don’t you need both hands to steer properly? Or does she have a special steering wheel like in formula cars that rotate just 90 degrees in each direction, so that you never need to switch hands?
I don’t know how she did it, but the solution I’ve seen was to attach a spinner knob to the wheel. Cheap and easy to do. And gives mobility to somebody who otherwise wouldn’t have it
