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Cape Town police seize chatty drivers' cell phones
Jul 6th, 2012
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Phoning or texting while driving in the South African tourist capital of Cape Town could cost you your cell phone under a new by-law allowing police to confiscate handsets for 24 hours. In their first peak-hour blitz since the law came into effect this week, police in unmarked "ghost squad" vehicles seized 16 phones from loquacious and quick-fingered motorists. Jason Hill, one of the first offenders nabbed, was unrepentant. "We are South Africans, you know. We are always going to use the device and be on the lookout for cops. It's just the way we are," he told Reuters. ... (Source: Reuters) -
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