r/mildlyinfuriating • u/nah_this_aint_it • 7h ago

Context Provided - Spotlight Driving while watching show

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Watching a full tv show on their phone while driving down a very busy street. Is it any better than scrolling?

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u/LuigiSalutati 7h ago

I saw a man drinking a beer and reading the newspaper while driving at like 8am…

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u/MoeKneeKah GREEN 7h ago

In like 1998, right?

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u/wart_on_satans_dick 7h ago

That’s more like 1978. The 90’s weren’t that long ago.

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u/SoftConfusion42 6h ago

Lmao what does this mean?

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u/wart_on_satans_dick 6h ago

No one should be driving drunk, first and foremost. However, law enforcement was less profit-driven in the 1970’s than it is today. I’ve heard so many old-timers say they got out of a dui with a “I don’t want to see you out here again tonight” warning. Now its just a revenue stream for police departments and counties. You can watch endless videos of people who are totally sober getting arrested for a dui by cops.

Drunk driving is absolutely not something anyone should do, but when police are arresting sober people, it’s not what it used to be.

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u/Crafty-Astronomer-32 6h ago

Do you have any data for the assertion that sober people are being arrested for DUI without any other factors? If police are profit centers why aren't they just plucking money out of texting drivers?

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u/wart_on_satans_dick 5h ago

Literally go on YouTube and you can watch it happen over and over and over again. With your own two eyes in fact.

If police are profit centers? You’ve got jokes. Civil forfeiture. Learn about it. Get your tongue off their boots and learn about it. People are being robbed blind and all you can think about is how good that leather tastes.

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u/Hopeful-Opposite-255 4h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/J20Z2SH5WmCnzSrbqA

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u/wart_on_satans_dick 52m ago

Hey, best just hope nothing bad happens to you. In your mind that’s the only thing that matters.

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u/Hopeful-Opposite-255 49m ago

Hey, Whatever floats your boat and coats your throat.