Australian cities are working with several companies to install cameras to capture still images and video to detect drivers using mobile phones on the road to fine them in the same way automated speed cameras work. This is good news for local governments who desperately need an influx of cash in the wake of reduced intake from speeding fines. A recent report showed that there is limited evidence that cameras have led to a change in driver behaviour across the state by acting as a deterrent however it is expected that harshly fining drivers may work better than putting up signs informing drivers that speed cameras are installed ahead. The system for detecting mobile phone use in cars is currently being tested on the M4 motorway in Sydney.
(Score: 4, Funny) by maxwell demon on Sunday October 21 2018, @05:48AM (4 children)
Well, just look at the statistics: The majority of accidents is caused by sober drivers. Which clearly shows that drunken driving is safer than sober driving. ;-)
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 2) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Sunday October 21 2018, @06:04AM (3 children)
:)
And it isn't just coincidence that fully 40% of all "sick" days are taken on Mondays or Fridays...
It's NOT a conspiracy... it's a plot.
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Sunday October 21 2018, @07:54AM
Also, is has been statistically shown that storks deliver babies. [robertmatthews.org] (pdf)
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 21 2018, @09:38AM (1 child)
It can be.
I once took off 3 mondays in a row.
My manager took me downstairs to the rec area to have a 'chat' with my about my attendance.
My response was not what he expected. I detailed what I went through when I suffered food poisoning from Friday night's dinner at a pizza restaurant. Throwing up all Saturday, all Sunday, and only feeling better after crawling into the doctors office, literally, utterly dehydrated, on Monday morning. I had a doctor's certificate for that day.
Bastard.
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Sunday October 21 2018, @12:44PM
So after having that experience twice in a row, why did you again visit the restaurant the third time? I for sure would have avoided it.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.