It may be relatively difficult for police to catch people texting while driving, but one proposed New York law would make it near-impossible to avoid detection if that distraction leads to a crash. A new state Senate bill would let police submit you to a "textalyzer" (basically, a device that scans for recent phone activity) after an accident -- you'd actually lose your license if you refused. Just as the Breathalyzer impacted drunk driving, the device would ideally help identify the cause of a crash and hold people accountable for dangerous behavior behind the wheel.
Privacy, as you might guess, is a concern. The Cellebrite-made technology involved in the law can't access the actual contents of your phone -- it can only tell whether or not you've been busy. Cops would still need a warrant to see if there really was an on-the-road conversation, in other words.
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