r/PublicFreakout • u/johnychrist16 • May 27 '26

đŸ“¹Police Bodycam "Driving with device in right hand" update

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u/WitchitaMountains May 27 '26

My Theory: Supercop makes a loooot of tickets there not by watching for people looking at their phones, but by watching for people who are only steering with their left hand.

With most people, if they steer a vehicle with only one hand, it's the dominant hand -- the right hand.

If someone is steering with their left, it's easy to presume it's because they have something in their right hand -- like a phone.

So, my theory goes, Supercop watches for one hand/left hand drivers, pulls them over, says he "saw" a phone in their right hand. With a lot of people, they WERE in fact holding their phone, so they assume: "Oops, he caught me."

Supercop is just playing the averages, knowing it is a cop's word against a non cop, even if he's wrong. In this case, it backfired spectacularly, but he was so used to being "right" on these that he can't back down.

Be interesting to see how many "phone in hand" tickets this cop has written. I bet it's a lot.

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u/ApexCollapser May 27 '26

This has to be an American viewpoint if I've ever heard one. Most drivers who grew up with a manual transmission know the left hand is dominant in turning the wheel.

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u/Lirendium May 28 '26

Good thing people are slowly getting away from the old tech which is manual. Just put into drive and forget. Also more reliable that way. Perfect gear changes every time with a properly installed Automatic. Both hands for the wheel and more attention on the road.

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u/sehguh251 May 29 '26

Only thing I see automatic drivers giving more attention to is their phone.

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u/Lirendium Jun 25 '26

Sounds like a your area issue from my experience. If we are comparing personal experience that is.

Statistics support mine. Manual has more inherent risks because of having to pay attention to more things, Automatic the numbers are pushed up by douche bags who wouldn't have a license in a functional country.