@Altruistic Misanthrope my little sister watched her dad go flying 12 feet a month ago they were texting does it matter at this point hes dead could be you tbh
@Nolo Kobo - if that is the case, then take a photo and report them. I never have, has anyone else? I think you just made that up because you think you don't like the police? Next time you are subject of a crime, don't call them then, eh?
Winterfell me? Yeah, I have a license. And it won't be revoked cos I actually know how to do shit and not get caught. If you're gonna do something illegal, do it right. Don't get me wrong, I know that shit can go south but I've been cut off, tailgated, nearly hit, and pretty much everything else that should be looked after more. And FYI, what I said before was dry humor. My license wouldn't be taken away for that but congrats for being an uptight idiot
How are the big displays in cars these days not a distraction? They have maps. music, phone, bluetooth and more - those displays should not be in the drivers view.
Thank you guys for coming up with such a great method for catching texting offenders. I get quite peeved at the dangerous and careless actions of people whom think that browsing their Facebook accounts is appropriate behind the wheel. Keep up the good work!
Also, in traffic jams on the highway! Traffic starts to move, but many asshole drivers don't get going because they're looking at their phones! Result....even worse traffic jams. I drive a tractor-trailer and see this daily. I can confirm that the worst offenders are youngish women. A message/recommendation to all drivers== if you see this crap, blow your horn immediately. Watch the reaction as the startled offender looks around frantically trying to figure out what's going on. Hint: it's more effective, and often induces the offender to put their phone down, if your vehicle has an air horn!!
@@serafinobueti872 - I have hung out the window shouting at people texting while driving, they know damn well they should not be doing it, as the guilt on their face is obvious!
Can be?, lol. It's been proven txt drivers are 8x more dangerous than drinking and driving. And just using a phone is still 2x more dangerous and even handsfree is 1x more dangerous. Folks, this is why we are all going to lose the privilege to drive and why they're so in a big hurry to develop self driving vehicles.
All the people complaining are the ones that text and drive. This is probably some of the most efficient, and cost-worthy police work possible. I'll take the police ticketing the guy that's going to write your car off from rear ending you while on the phone, over ticketing the guy doing 72 in a 60 ALL day.
Ethan Ryan Whats that's triggered dangerous alt-left troll. Strange texting was safe and legal for years. Now all the nanny state types want the police involved police and they are the biggest law breakers when it comes to texting and looking at laptops.
I don't text and drive, ever. But I think that there is a better use for police than this. Like finding criminals and preventing crime, which they rarely do. I see cops do this and other crimes everyday and they don't get in trouble for shit.
comm744 Yes but now a days you have zombie teens who are looking down at there phones more instead of looking at the roads. I have seen them get shocked that a car braked while in rush hour, cars missing roundabouts because they are looking at there phones. This is probably the dumbest shit they do where they nearly cause an accident look shocked for 1 second then go back on there phones it just shows those dumb shits don't learn at all. So bring out the points and fines then that might wake them up a little of course though mummy and daddy will pay the fine just like all the brand new white audis these 17 year olds get bought for them.
Great Job! As a motorcyclist, I can not and will never understand people who think it's more important to text than to focus on the traffic. A text sent a little later won't kill anybody. Being distracted and unable to brake and stop will.
Amar Jaswal innovative ? Like this is innovative guys! Wow moving forward with our technological advances ! Let’s get on the bus cause that’s innovative !
I cant stand those who text and drive, I ride my motorcycle to work everyday and see these clowns doing it. Its dangerous and could kill somebody. Ive had morons almost run me over texting and not paying attention.
it makes sense... if you text while your car is moving. And some people do that. But this of ticketing people that text while stopped on a red light seems like money-hunting to me
Everything pigs do is money hunting in one form or another. Even the prisons are for profit business. The more crimes they can invent the easier it is to keep them full.
Definitely a good initiative, went over to Cali on holiday last summer and was shocked at the number of drivers who’d use their phone whilst driving. Don’t know if it was due to the fact that I live in the British countryside and I was in larger cities etc, but I could have looked out the window and seen a driver using their phone straight away
I once needed a pee while driving, found an empty drinks bottle, moved forward on the seat to pee into it, then out the window! The examiner failed me for that!
Great work catching them. I couldn't believe it the other day, while I was waiting to cross the street (on foot) and the light turns all the cars go, except this one green Honda about 10 car lengths back didnt move. As she clued in that the light turned green, and drove by me I see her texting and looking down, almost rear ending someone (as she flew through the light to catch up to the cars). It's crazy!
It took decades of awareness campaigns and enforcement to change the general cultural attitude about drunk driving to be once of non-acceptance. It will likely take a similar amount of time and effort to change the cultural attitude about texting and driving, which is the only way most will stop doing this.
Phone driving is worse than drink driving imo. The drunk might be pissed out of his face but at least he's looking at the road and trying to stay on course. Start texting and you might as well throw a can of black paint over the windscreen and put a blindfold on at 50mph
Camberwell86 true both are bad but I’d rather have drunk eyes on the road than no eyes. If I had to get a ride home and my options were a drunk guy or a guy with a blindfold I wouldn’t be happy but I’d take the drunk guy every time.
Scott Sealey you’ve got a real chip on your shoulder. I drive the DVP/404 every day. A week doesn’t go by without someone drifting into my lane. They’re always looking down
Just because you don't agree with the law doesn't mean you don't have to follow them, driving is a privileged not a right Wish some of these idiot commentators knew that
Brilliant idea. When I ride my bike I can look down into cars next to me and I estimate half of the drivers are texting while driving. This is a great idea an I hope other departments take note of this and do the same.
Public Transit services are owned by the government. So no. Just like they don't pay for the gas in their patrol veichles from their own wallet. The Government pays for it. In this case the Government takes the loss of a fare for the day on that one seat so the officer can ride. Just like many government buildings do not pay for trash collection from government owned trash services. In regions where trash is prvatley owned, they pay like everyone else. All you owuld do by making government pay government is create more tax burden by needing more accountants to track basicly, the left hand giving the right hand money when it doesnt have to since both hands belong to the same body.
I drive a truck. Most everyone is on their phone it seems. Much higher percentage when it’s stop and go driving. I also notice most cops are on their computer. But it’s ok for them cause they’re cops.
yup - i was rear-ended by a kid last year in stop-and-go rush hour traffic. Brand new car - I hadn't even had my first oil change yet. $5,000 damage and a considerably lower resale value for all my trouble. asshats.
@@sweetdarsh3981 no..they're fricking around on their computers. Do you realize how much crime is happening right under their noses while their noses are in their computers? These people need to actually be looking around at red lights and not farting around online.
oh yeah cops are meant to be everywhere at all times and prevent 100% of crimes. Be reasonable you idiot and stop hating on police cause you get caught for stupid shit.
Sal khan - Cops can't be everywhere at all times and stop every criminal. A crime is a crime, cops are there to stop all crimes, not just the major ones! Give em a break, they have a ridiculously hard job.
Excellent video. They need to do it more often to catch the people not paying attention to the road by distractions like phone permanently attached to the ear or texting while driving. Good job officer.
THANK YOU FOR THIS METHOD OF TAKING THESE IDIOTS OFF THE ROADS AND FINING THEM I AM A CYCLIST AND I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE NEARLY BEEN KILLED BY THESE IDIOTS, FOR MANY DRIVERS WHO TRY TO KILL ME, THEY NOW HAVE TO REPLACE A SIDE MIRROR . FOR NOT USING IT, AND FOR NOT SIGNALING
Yea... did you also know Policemen still do texting & driving. Especially in Winnipeg Manitoba. Everywhere you see from a transit bus window. You’ll see a cop texting while driving.
I’m a cop and this is why so many ppl today hate cops. The micro surveillance is insane. This in reality won’t stop a soul from pulling away from the traffic stop and going right back to texting.
“It’s not a fair tactic....” BULLSHIT!! The cops should be doing this sort of stuff all the time to catch people out.They’re actually doing them a favour.
Here in the UK, the various forces around the country seem to share a semi motive tractor unit, with multiple cameras, and a marked car a little distance back, to do the same thing. The marked car pulls the offender’s car. Love it!
Texting is such a small and stupid crime, why do police waste time on it?... That is until you lose a loved one to some selfish idiot texting and driving, you will finally know.
Who DOESN'T know that texting while driving is just as stupid as drunk driving? The fines need to be WAY higher. Like in the thousands of dollars for a first offense. tens of thousands and loss of license for a year for 2nd and tens of thousands/perm loss of license for 3rd. For the idiots screaming that this is for revenue, you do realize you can shut down the whole thing by just.... wait for it..... NOT texting and driving.
I guarantee that anyone who complains about this tactic is themselves a texting driver, and they probably think they're entitled to do so and that "they can handle it, I'm not a danger." This is a great tactic, perfectly on the up-and-up, and I hope they catch a lot of people this way.
UK here. I have long advocated that the Police should be issued with hammers and the power to destroy phones at the side of the road in front of the offenders. My guess is after they have lost 1 or 2 iPhones this way they wouldn't do it again.😀
As a cyclist, I'm very paranoid. First you have aggressive people who harass you just because. Second are those who aren't even paying attention. When I see a person at a stop sign or stop light on their phone, I am furious! I obey every traffic law on my bicycle, I expect the same courtesy from someone driving a 1 ton or more vehicle that will KILL me!
Usually don’t like cops but this is something I’m all for .. idk how many times I’ve seen others my age distracted while driving with their cellphones !
Idk your age, but age has nothing to do with it. It's all ages, both genders, all colors, all income brackets. It's a national pandemic. A real one. Far worse than the batsoupbug
Texting and driving is not the specific issue, it is DISTRACTED DRIVING. Checking notifications, checking messages, replying to messages, answering calls or playing with your phone in general, playing with the stereo, hands free devices, GPS devices, recording live video while driving or stationary at a stop light or stop sign and anytime your eyes are off the road is considered distracted driving and should be constituted into traffic laws and be treated as criminal offenses.
Nice to see cops actually doing something to make a difference, instead of sitting behind a radar running speed traps while ignoring all the people following too closely, failing to signal lane changes and turns, driving with only their parking lights on, etc...
This is awesome, glad those laws are being enforced. Now, hopefully we'll set the penalties to be bad enough that the offender STOPS the behaviour. Too many speeders just do what they want and get 3 tickets a year, and don't care. Those people need to lose their cars.
I have asked my mother to stop answering her phone while driving, but she ignored me. The other day a cop caught her, confiscated her iphone and gave her a huge fine. She called me crying hysterically (it was my old iphone so she was told to call me and tell me because legally it was my phone.) I told her it was about time, happy to lose the phone.
Actually pretty smart, no one really expects a bus to be a point of observation for traffic enforcement. Plus now theres a full kit cop on the bus now too
2:19 Thinking to himself.... "Just act normal, he doesn't know, just act normal..."
That literally made me laugh out loud! Nice one.
haha thought the same thing, weed must be loud
He doesn't want to use his phone while the officers talking to him.
😂😂😂😂
LMAO!!
_"Not a fair tactic"_
What the hell has fairness to do with this? You are not allowed to text and drive. End of the story. -.-
@Altruistic Misanthrope my little sister watched her dad go flying 12 feet a month ago they were texting does it matter at this point hes dead could be you tbh
@Nolo Kobo - if that is the case, then take a photo and report them. I never have, has anyone else?
I think you just made that up because you think you don't like the police?
Next time you are subject of a crime, don't call them then, eh?
then dont fkn text....idiot!!!
@Altruistic Misanthrope because its safe.....idiot!!
Exactly you don't have any business texting and driving behind the wheel
My father in law was seriously injured because of a distracted driver. Texting and driving is dangerous, put the phone down people!!
Then clearly that driver thought he had two sets of eyes and didn't bother to look up often enough.
you shouldn't be looking down at all, it only takes 1 second for everything to go wrong, if you have a licence i hope it gets revoked
Winterfell me? Yeah, I have a license. And it won't be revoked cos I actually know how to do shit and not get caught. If you're gonna do something illegal, do it right. Don't get me wrong, I know that shit can go south but I've been cut off, tailgated, nearly hit, and pretty much everything else that should be looked after more. And FYI, what I said before was dry humor. My license wouldn't be taken away for that but congrats for being an uptight idiot
How are the big displays in cars these days not a distraction? They have maps. music, phone, bluetooth and more - those displays should not be in the drivers view.
Pigs drive like maniacs. The number one cause of them dying is traffic accidents.
Thank you guys for coming up with such a great method for catching texting offenders. I get quite peeved at the dangerous and careless actions of people whom think that browsing their Facebook accounts is appropriate behind the wheel. Keep up the good work!
This shows that officers care about other people and the perpetrators because they don’t want anyone get hurt.
the amount of times I have been caught in traffic because someone is too busy texting infront of me to notice a green light. I applaud this
John Doe That escalated quickly haha
Also, in traffic jams on the highway! Traffic starts to move, but many asshole drivers don't get going because they're looking at their phones! Result....even worse traffic jams. I drive a tractor-trailer and see this daily. I can confirm that the worst offenders are youngish women. A message/recommendation to all drivers== if you see this crap, blow your horn immediately. Watch the reaction as the startled offender looks around frantically trying to figure out what's going on. Hint: it's more effective, and often induces the offender to put their phone down, if your vehicle has an air horn!!
@Moonshine Buck no you are. Too much moonshine
DID IT STOP YOU PUTTING ON YOU MAKE UP SWEETIE.
@@serafinobueti872 - I have hung out the window shouting at people texting while driving, they know damn well they should not be doing it, as the guilt on their face is obvious!
Thank you thank you thank you ! This is saving lives!
Great job, yrp. These drivers can be worse than impaired drivers.
Actually, they *are* impaired, just not temporarily.
Can be?, lol. It's been proven txt drivers are 8x more dangerous than drinking and driving. And just using a phone is still 2x more dangerous and even handsfree is 1x more dangerous. Folks, this is why we are all going to lose the privilege to drive and why they're so in a big hurry to develop self driving vehicles.
Proven by who? A bunch of politicians looking for another revenue source. Dummy
Johnny Morris2 the men and women who workin Police, Fire and EMS. Suck it!
These are impaired drivers XD
All the people complaining are the ones that text and drive. This is probably some of the most efficient, and cost-worthy police work possible. I'll take the police ticketing the guy that's going to write your car off from rear ending you while on the phone, over ticketing the guy doing 72 in a 60 ALL day.
Ethan Ryan Whats that's triggered dangerous alt-left troll. Strange texting was safe and legal for years. Now all the nanny state types want the police involved police and they are the biggest law breakers when it comes to texting and looking at laptops.
comm744 Slavery was legal for years too, ya idiot. Stay off the roads with your dumb self.
I don't text and drive, ever. But I think that there is a better use for police than this. Like finding criminals and preventing crime, which they rarely do. I see cops do this and other crimes everyday and they don't get in trouble for shit.
comm744 Yes but now a days you have zombie teens who are looking down at there phones more instead of looking at the roads. I have seen them get shocked that a car braked while in rush hour, cars missing roundabouts because they are looking at there phones. This is probably the dumbest shit they do where they nearly cause an accident look shocked for 1 second then go back on there phones it just shows those dumb shits don't learn at all. So bring out the points and fines then that might wake them up a little of course though mummy and daddy will pay the fine just like all the brand new white audis these 17 year olds get bought for them.
Yes... having cops riding on a bus looking for people texting, meanwhile real crimes are happening.
Great Job! As a motorcyclist, I can not and will never understand people who think it's more important to text than to focus on the traffic. A text sent a little later won't kill anybody. Being distracted and unable to brake and stop will.
you ride a donorcycle acceot the risk
OMG this is awesome! They should do this ALL THE TIME! This will save so many lives once people break these bad habits. Thank you, cops! KEEP IT UP!!!
Now that is safe, innovative and effective, very cool.
Amar Jaswal innovative ? Like this is innovative guys! Wow moving forward with our technological advances ! Let’s get on the bus cause that’s innovative !
VZY FLAME Sounds like someone got pulled over for texting
an aRRAB shows support for cops ? ? you fucking asshole are always breaking laws here
This needs to be a thing everywhere
Amar no it’s not they need to go fight real crimes
"Location is going to be young and savage." What, lol?
j-Rod Newmarket
Savage Road and Yonge Street
I know ehh?
Intersecting streets. Not a mind blowing concept LOL
Taco bell
I cant stand those who text and drive, I ride my motorcycle to work everyday and see these clowns doing it. Its dangerous and could kill somebody. Ive had morons almost run me over texting and not paying attention.
Same here, I ride too. They think their lives are so important and not YOURS.
i text while at the wheel.. BUT only while stopped in traffic or a light. Is that dangerous too?
Most of this texting shit being dangerous is trumped up bull shit to get another revenue source. There is no facts to back it up.
it makes sense... if you text while your car is moving. And some people do that. But this of ticketing people that text while stopped on a red light seems like money-hunting to me
Everything pigs do is money hunting in one form or another. Even the prisons are for profit business. The more crimes they can invent the easier it is to keep them full.
"Some people think this is an unfair tactic."
Seriously??
😂😂😂
There's always one! Or more!
If you do something illegal, and dangerous, you deserve to be caught - end of!
Definitely a good initiative, went over to Cali on holiday last summer and was shocked at the number of drivers who’d use their phone whilst driving. Don’t know if it was due to the fact that I live in the British countryside and I was in larger cities etc, but I could have looked out the window and seen a driver using their phone straight away
I once needed a pee while driving, found an empty drinks bottle, moved forward on the seat to pee into it, then out the window!
The examiner failed me for that!
This problem is so bad in Seattle and Danver.
Like Seattle doesn't have enough problems already 😆
Well done! You’re saving lives and protecting ‘would be’ grieving families! The public are with you 1001%
Great work catching them. I couldn't believe it the other day, while I was waiting to cross the street (on foot) and the light turns all the cars go, except this one green Honda about 10 car lengths back didnt move. As she clued in that the light turned green, and drove by me I see her texting and looking down, almost rear ending someone (as she flew through the light to catch up to the cars). It's crazy!
Catching other people's texting while driving ? BEST JOB EVER !
It took decades of awareness campaigns and enforcement to change the general cultural attitude about drunk driving to be once of non-acceptance. It will likely take a similar amount of time and effort to change the cultural attitude about texting and driving, which is the only way most will stop doing this.
He is saving lives. Thank you
Phone driving is worse than drink driving imo. The drunk might be pissed out of his face but at least he's looking at the road and trying to stay on course. Start texting and you might as well throw a can of black paint over the windscreen and put a blindfold on at 50mph
Camberwell86 just as bad.
Camberwell86 true both are bad but I’d rather have drunk eyes on the road than no eyes. If I had to get a ride home and my options were a drunk guy or a guy with a blindfold I wouldn’t be happy but I’d take the drunk guy every time.
He helping keeping the traffic and the bus crime free. 2 birds one stone.
Damn, Canada ain't messing around when it comes to texting.
Because under the Ontario Highway Traffic Act texting while driving is illegal under the act
They need to bring this to the UK, very smart idea and it lets the public know they are doing something about the problem.
Meanwhile the cops are punching away at the laptop lmao
There's usually an exemption for police written in those laws.
@@greyman686 yea, kinda like murder. They can murder anyone and get away with it. Laws allow it too
More law enforcement departments should push this action.
Love this idea
Don`t think for a second that this is about "tragedy avoidance". This is about tax revenue for the city.
All about the taxes. Pigs are probably milkin the overtime on this one too.
Scott Sealey you’ve got a real chip on your shoulder. I drive the DVP/404 every day. A week doesn’t go by without someone drifting into my lane. They’re always looking down
We need police like that here in Fresno California because we have a lot of people texting and driving
Add Clovis, my Tahoe was destroyed by a someone using a cell phone...never slowed for a red light.
Just because you don't agree with the law doesn't mean you don't have to follow them, driving is a privileged not a right
Wish some of these idiot commentators knew that
Driving is not a privilege ass kisser.
It's my right to drive a car I fkn paid for, not a privilege..!
@@treezy0176 it's only your right if you follow the laws. Check the paperwork you signed when (if) you got your driving license.
Brilliant idea. When I ride my bike I can look down into cars next to me and I estimate half of the drivers are texting while driving. This is a great idea an I hope other departments take note of this and do the same.
Ya. Staggering how many you see from a bike. .
Do they pay the ticket to ride the bus?
Probably not.
If they paid, they should be reimbursed by their department. It's doubtful though, as bus drivers have to put up with distracted drivers all day.
Public Transit services are owned by the government. So no. Just like they don't pay for the gas in their patrol veichles from their own wallet. The Government pays for it. In this case the Government takes the loss of a fare for the day on that one seat so the officer can ride. Just like many government buildings do not pay for trash collection from government owned trash services. In regions where trash is prvatley owned, they pay like everyone else. All you owuld do by making government pay government is create more tax burden by needing more accountants to track basicly, the left hand giving the right hand money when it doesnt have to since both hands belong to the same body.
nbk, it would make the bus more dangerous, not more safe.
Funny only white people think having police everywhere will make them safer
These officers aren't only stopping texting drivers, they're also deterring crimes on buses!
I drive a truck. Most everyone is on their phone it seems. Much higher percentage when it’s stop and go driving. I also notice most cops are on their computer. But it’s ok for them cause they’re cops.
rubberhamburger why?
yup - i was rear-ended by a kid last year in stop-and-go rush hour traffic. Brand new car - I hadn't even had my first oil change yet. $5,000 damage and a considerably lower resale value for all my trouble. asshats.
well they are doing important work on their computers while other's are just texting
@@sweetdarsh3981 no..they're fricking around on their computers. Do you realize how much crime is happening right under their noses while their noses are in their computers? These people need to actually be looking around at red lights and not farting around online.
@@lisahinton9682 their database is on the computer lmao if there's a call it shows up on the computer
I support this this action. Thank you for trying to make our roads and lives safer.
Not a fair tactic?! Let me say this. You think it’s fair to a family who lost a loved one because you wanted to answer a text that could have waited?
Drama
Outstanding idea. Thank you so much police officers for your service
Introducing the new 2019 Ford Extortion
lmao
Auto driver settings...to take you directly to the nearest cop station..to turn your self in...or "valet" to beat your ass upon arriving.
Great work by the brave officers of the York Regional Police
I get it
I honestly get the point - it's still extremely dangerous.
But in the mean time a young girl got raped and a bank got robbed.
Meanwhile 20 peds were killed by a retarded driver who was too stupid to drive bc he was texting.
oh yeah cops are meant to be everywhere at all times and prevent 100% of crimes. Be reasonable you idiot and stop hating on police cause you get caught for stupid shit.
Sal khan - Cops can't be everywhere at all times and stop every criminal. A crime is a crime, cops are there to stop all crimes, not just the major ones! Give em a break, they have a ridiculously hard job.
Sal khan - In the meantime people get mangled and mutilated in car wrecks because of peoples irresponsible moments using phones while they drive.
Those cops are traffic enforcers, they wouldn't be at the bank robbery you absolute donut
Excellent video. They need to do it more often to catch the people not paying attention to the road by distractions like phone permanently attached to the ear or texting while driving. Good job officer.
There is no day I don't see a person using the cell phone I hate it. They don't care about others people live
Pigs drive like maniacs. The number one cause of them dying is traffic accidents.
Drama queen
I was about to say do these guys have nothing better to do. Then I realised what a cracking idea it is! Good job guys
THANK YOU FOR THIS METHOD OF TAKING THESE IDIOTS OFF THE ROADS AND FINING THEM
I AM A CYCLIST AND I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE NEARLY BEEN KILLED BY THESE IDIOTS,
FOR MANY DRIVERS WHO TRY TO KILL ME,
THEY NOW HAVE TO REPLACE A SIDE MIRROR .
FOR NOT USING IT, AND FOR NOT SIGNALING
Also prevents people causing trouble on the bus. Two for one. I like it!
Yea... did you also know Policemen still do texting & driving. Especially in Winnipeg Manitoba. Everywhere you see from a transit bus window. You’ll see a cop texting while driving.
Bet if you look it up theres an exemption in the law for on duty cops, fire and EMS
Great idea, wish they would do this in my town
Texting while driving ehh? Very dangerous dohncha knoh
- Person from Canada
This is what you call a excellent police 👮♀️ work.
I’d be 🍷🤪🖕🏻 when the cop goes by in the bus.
I’m a cop and this is why so many ppl today hate cops. The micro surveillance is insane. This in reality won’t stop a soul from pulling away from the traffic stop and going right back to texting.
Police don't normally do this. I wish that they would do this daily-ever day and every hour.
“It’s not a fair tactic....” BULLSHIT!! The cops should be doing this sort of stuff all the time to catch people out.They’re actually doing them a favour.
TAKE THAT MONEY $ GOVERNMENT
YES! I'm all for this as a over the road truck driver I see 9 of 10 vehicles passing me all while busy on the phone, stupid people!
OTR drivers are just as bad as other vehicles. It's gotta stop with everyone
This guy seems like the type of kid that would be a hall pass monitor during school lol
Good job on catching those people though.
thank god your fighting the texters on the road great job police way to go keep it up
Here in the UK, the various forces around the country seem to share a semi motive tractor unit, with multiple cameras, and a marked car a little distance back, to do the same thing. The marked car pulls the offender’s car.
Love it!
Great video, extremely satisfying to see them being caught.
Texting is such a small and stupid crime, why do police waste time on it?... That is until you lose a loved one to some selfish idiot texting and driving, you will finally know.
Great job, good tactics and police work....keeping us safe from distracted drivers.
Those people who think it's a sneaky tactic and think it's wrong are the people who drive and use their phone.
What a fantastic idea - well done to all involved!
That’s brilliant, all region police should have at least 1-2 officer doing this everyday.
Who DOESN'T know that texting while driving is just as stupid as drunk driving? The fines need to be WAY higher. Like in the thousands of dollars for a first offense. tens of thousands and loss of license for a year for 2nd and tens of thousands/perm loss of license for 3rd.
For the idiots screaming that this is for revenue, you do realize you can shut down the whole thing by just.... wait for it..... NOT texting and driving.
They also need to be banned from using mobile phones. No contracts or pay as you go. Name in the database and they are stuffed
I applaud this 100%. I wish the USA did this more. The distracted driving is out of control
I guarantee that anyone who complains about this tactic is themselves a texting driver, and they probably think they're entitled to do so and that "they can handle it, I'm not a danger." This is a great tactic, perfectly on the up-and-up, and I hope they catch a lot of people this way.
OY VEY! You do NOT want those baby-blue lasers locking on to you! Sneaky Pete's! I love it.
UK here. I have long advocated that the Police should be issued with hammers and the power to destroy phones at the side of the road in front of the offenders. My guess is after they have lost 1 or 2 iPhones this way they wouldn't do it again.😀
They need more police doing this. Texting while driving is deadly
thanx for keeping us safe
NO phone use of ANY kind while driving...NADA...except for REAL emergencies!
As a cyclist, I'm very paranoid. First you have aggressive people who harass you just because. Second are those who aren't even paying attention. When I see a person at a stop sign or stop light on their phone, I am furious! I obey every traffic law on my bicycle, I expect the same courtesy from someone driving a 1 ton or more vehicle that will KILL me!
Thanks for letting us know 🙏
Usually don’t like cops but this is something I’m all for .. idk how many times I’ve seen others my age distracted while driving with their cellphones !
Idk your age, but age has nothing to do with it. It's all ages, both genders, all colors, all income brackets. It's a national pandemic. A real one. Far worse than the batsoupbug
Texting and driving is not the specific issue, it is DISTRACTED DRIVING. Checking notifications, checking messages, replying to messages, answering calls or playing with your phone in general, playing with the stereo, hands free devices, GPS devices, recording live video while driving or stationary at a stop light or stop sign and anytime your eyes are off the road is considered distracted driving and should be constituted into traffic laws and be treated as criminal offenses.
This guys good. Says all the right things. We need more cops like this in the us.
I believe this cop takes his job seriously, and is doing this to make the roadways safer, not extract a bunch of money from the public
BRILLIANT work......I'm all for this 100%.......I always put my phone in the boot / trunk of car out of the way....its just too tempting to use......
Lol!!! Riding the bus and catching texting and driving. Kind of cool!
You can see all these from the bus window. That is amazing!
If you're so smart, then you don't need to be on the phone anyway.
Nice to see cops actually doing something to make a difference, instead of sitting behind a radar running speed traps while ignoring all the people following too closely, failing to signal lane changes and turns, driving with only their parking lights on, etc...
Speeding is way down. This is the new cash cow until they reduce speeds even more.
Really great idea, as a transit user, I constantly see drivers at lights texting or hands-on calling.
This is awesome, glad those laws are being enforced.
Now, hopefully we'll set the penalties to be bad enough that the offender STOPS the behaviour. Too many speeders just do what they want and get 3 tickets a year, and don't care. Those people need to lose their cars.
If it makes the roads safer and gets idiots to think first, use every tactic available.
I have asked my mother to stop answering her phone while driving, but she ignored me. The other day a cop caught her, confiscated her iphone and gave her a huge fine. She called me crying hysterically (it was my old iphone so she was told to call me and tell me because legally it was my phone.) I told her it was about time, happy to lose the phone.
Guess I'm putting my phone down everytime I see a bus. Thanks for the tip, cop
Jami Christine yeap me too..i need to find out what other tricks the cops got up their sleeve lol
I love this, great work my hat is off to you
Actually pretty smart, no one really expects a bus to be a point of observation for traffic enforcement. Plus now theres a full kit cop on the bus now too
Great program. You can have my window seat Officer. Get em' !!!!
Excellent work officer this is the only way to get another message through people so they don't text and drive and kill anyone
1... you on the driver seat
2...phone in the back seat
3... save lives
More police officers are needed on the buses in Detroit Michigan.
2:20 "Please don't check my pocket which full of weed"
I can't lie I laughed at :20 when he said location Young & Savage. LMAO.
"Location is gonna be, young and savage" 😂
I will keep watch for busses from now on
On 0:18 I Thought he was describing her as
Young and Savage 😂😂😂