NewsTalk 1290 News & Talk of Texoma » cellphone http://newstalk1290.com Wed, 22 May 2013 20:38:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 South African Cops Will Now Confiscate Your Phone If It's Used While You're Driving http://newstalk1290.com/cops-confiscate-phone-driving/ http://newstalk1290.com/cops-confiscate-phone-driving/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:19:22 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=117583 Although many states have enacted laws forbidding drivers from using their cell phones while behind the wheel, the fines for doing so are often so minimal that they often aren’t much of a deterrent.

But Cape Town, South Africa might have found the secret to compliance: cops there won’t just ticket you, they’ll take your phone away for 24 hours.

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