NYPD handed out more then 9,000 fines to motorists using a mobile phone while driving
By Dusan Belic on Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 at 3:53 AM PST In General
During a one-day campaign, the New York City Police Department handed out a total of 9,016 tickets to motorists who were using their mobile phones without a handset while driving. The fine is $120, meaning that the city’s budget was $1,081,920 (yap, that’s more than one million bucks) stronger for that day.
For the record, during last year the NYPD issued 195,579 summonses in the city to drivers using a mobile phone while driving.
The funny thing is that a local journalist who covered the event for the NY Daily News was himself fined after being caught using his cellphone while driving to cover the story.
Moral of the article: buy a headset! 
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I can understand that it is necessary to make the roads safer for everyone. Instead of passing laws concerning cell phone use. Shouldn’t we enforce the laws already on the books? I see people all the time eating behind the wheel, putting on makeup while dangling a cigarette. I think every states has wreckless driving regulations…..This seems to be more of a money maker for the city.