Long overdue. I see it all day long. I drive 30 miles one way to work, and I have seen drivers on their cell phones, since you can always tell by a drivers downward eye contact to his or her screen. The worst part is they drive slow and in the fast lane. I'd like to see fines of $250 or more.
https://autos.yahoo.com/news/6-ways-the ... 41789.html6. And now, the texting detector
The police soon may have a new tool in their arsenal when it comes to detecting drivers who can't put their phones down.
A Virginia company called ComSonics is developing a radar gun-like device that detects the radio frequencies that are emitted from a vehicle when someone is using a cellphone. "Cable repairmen use similar means to find where a cable is damaged by looking for frequencies leaking in a transmission," Malcolm McIntyre of ComSonics told The Virginian-Pilot newspaper.
The company claims that the gun can tell the difference between a text and a phone call.
How soon the gun will be in the hands of police officers is anyone's guess. Bret V. Harrison, director of repair services at ComSonics, told Insurance.com that the device is still early in its development process.
