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Cops Imitating Plants Catch 74 Drivers on Their Phones in Six Hours
['Stephen Edelstein', 'Weekend Editor', 'Stephen Has Always Been Passionate About Cars', "Managed To Turn That Passion Into A Career As A Freelance Automotive Journalist. When He'S Not Handling Weekend Coverage For The Drive", 'You Can Find Him Looking For A New Book To Read.', 'Joel Feder', 'Jerry Perez']
The Drive
If you’re driving through suburban New Jersey and see shrubbery holding a pair of binoculars, you’re not hallucinating.
You’re just doing what you should be doing: paying attention to the road.
In an effort to catch more drivers illegally using their phones, police in the central New Jersey town of Dunellen got creative.
You’d have to really not be paying attention to fall for that one.
And it’s been linked to higher rates of rear-end collisions and speeding in separate Insurance Institute for Highway Safety studies.