Police radar gun that shows if you're texting?

He's sitting casually on his macho bike. He's pointing his radar gun down the road toward you.

For all you know, the thing doesn't even work. For all you know, he's just stopped there to sing to himself.

Still, you know that cop may be checking your speed. Soon, however, he might be using that radar gun to check whether you're texting. THAT’S RIGHT TEXTING!! A company called ComSonics is working on a radar gun that can pick up radio frequencies that identify texting drivers.

As the Virginian-Pilot reported Tuesday, ComSonics claims its device isn't far away from production.

Some might fear, however, that, in this world of Googley snooping, such a radar gun might be able to pick up the content of your texts, as well as merely the fact that you're texting.

ComSonics Calibration Services Manager Malcolm McIntyre admitted to the Virginian-Pilot that there are certain legal obstacles to be overcome.

What's fascinating about this technology is that it can allegedly distinguish between texting and calling. In ComSonics' home state of Virginia, for example, texting and driving is illegal, whereas talking on the phone and driving is not (for adult drivers).

Some painfully logical thoughts still appear unresolved. How, for example, will such a technology be able to tell whether a driver is texting, rather than another passenger in the car? Will it only, in fact, target lone drivers?

ComSonics is one that is very confident in its equipment.

Source: CNet

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So my question is: Will this device mistake other cell phone activity as texting? For example when I am using my maps app. I have to enter in information in the phone. And what about using the "speech to text" feature will that be considered texting? Will the device pick up signals from that app? I mean, it's a good concept but I see a lot of potential holes and problems in the future. Remember when they started to use cameras to catch people driving in the H.O.V. lane? The camera had tickets sent to people that had babies in the back seat because the camera failed to see the small passenger. And the camera could not tell the difference between an actual person and a life sized doll/decoy. IJS