"Police find success, frustration in targeting texters" by Martine Powers | Globe Staff, January 15, 2013
It was an elaborate crackdown, the first of its kind in West Bridgewater: Plainclothes officers stationed along Route 106 spotted dozens of people engrossed in their cellphones while they drove. A quarter-mile ahead, uniformed officers pulled the drivers over, 51 in total, for texting while driving.
But while 37 people were given $100 citations or warnings, 14 others were let go. They were not texting, they explained; they were dialing a call or looking at directions, both still legal.
The Jan. 5 operation, prompted in part by an increase in rear-end accidents in the town, highlights the prevalence of texting while driving, while illustrating why more jurisdictions are not cracking down....
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Also see: Hands-Free Texting Devices Pose Great Risk to Drivers
I'll send along any other texts I get.
