On Sun, 16 Oct 2016 08:22:14 +1100, Rod Speed wrote:

And that is why the effect of that is invisible in the accident statistics,
because so few are actually stupid enough to do that

Yet the state of California makes over 10 billion dollars alone over ten
years, just from the single cellphone use ticket (nominally $20 for a first
offense, which is the lowest fine in the entire country of the states that
have the laws).

New Jersey makes half of what California makes.

Alaska charges $10,000 per ticket! (==== that's crazy!)