• FaceDeer
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    108 months ago

    the intent being that showing it to friends and verbally threatening to “leak” them should be easier to prosecute.

    That’s blackmail, which is already illegal.

    • @nogooduser@lemmy.world
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      78 months ago

      Using a mobile phone while driving has always been illegal if you could argue that it was dangerous driving or driving without due care and attention. They made a law specifically saying that using a mobile phone without hands free is illegal anyway. This makes it easier to prosecute because you don’t need to argue that they were driving dangerously or without due care.

      I imagine that this law has the same intent of making this specific act illegal to prevent them having to argue that it fits another crime.