These new traffic cameras can tell if you’re texting while driving

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  • Local governments in Australia have decided to give the go-ahead to install road-scanning cameras that search for distracted drivers.
  • The three-month trial will be purely for testing purposes, and no citations will be handed out.
  • If the trials prove successful, law enforcement could roll the camera systems out to a wider area and begin enforcing laws using their recordings.

We all know that we shouldn't be using our phones while we're driving. It puts ourselves and others at risk of a dangerous collision due to distraction. Still, despite increasingly strict laws to prohibit the practice, there are still way too many people tapping away at their smartphone screens while they should be focusing on the road ahead.

Now, local governments in Australia are going to try a new technique for busting distracted drivers, and they don't even need to be around to witness the act. New phone-detection cameras will be installed along roads in the hopes of spotting drivers who are too immersed in their mobile devices.

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