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Article: Only one in three cell-phone violators is ticketed.(Transportation)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- August 31, 2009
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When driving while using a hand-held cell phone became illegal in most cases last year, State Patrol troopers were initially out in force, warning drivers they could be nailed with a $124 ticket.
Thousands have been. But State Patrol records obtained by seattlepi.com show that in cases where drivers are contacted about cell phones, they get tickets only about a third of the time -- both in King County and statewide.
From July 1, 2008 -- the day the cell phone ban started -- through Aug. 15, 2009, troopers say 5,712 were contacted statewide, but only 1,884 received tickets.
Compared to speeding during that same period, 521,070 drivers were ...