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GOOD NEWS - Around 6pm on Thursday evening (6/19) I was happy to see a motorcycle copy pull over a woman in an SUV, presumably because she was distractedly talking on her cell phone while driving through the busy pedestrian intersection at College and Wall Streets.

BAD NEWS - As I walked by I witnessed the entire quick interaction with no ticket book taken out. Clearly the driver was just given a warning.

Warnings don't change behavior. Hitting someone in their wallet might. We've got to raise our standards for tolerating disregard for basic motor vehicle laws in New Haven. Drivers talking on their cell phones while driving, blowing red lights and stop sign, and driving over the posted speed limits are flagrantly violated within the city with seemingly little law enforcement consequence...