She Got Fined For A Phone She Doesn't Have, And I-95 Drivers Are Next (I'm a Lawyer)

A deputy looked a woman dead in the eye, watched her hold up the arm where her right hand should be, and wrote the ticket anyway. Twenty-three million people watched that stop and laughed at the cop. Almost nobody noticed that the same legal standard protecting his mistake just went into full effect across a dozen more states including every one I-95 runs through. In this video, an attorney breaks down Pennsylvania's newly-enforced Paul Miller's Law, the real Supreme Court case that lets an officer be wrong about what he saw and still win (Heien v. North Carolina), what actually happened to Katie Thomas's viral citation, how differently each state fines the exact same five-second mistake, the difference between primary and secondary enforcement and why it matters the moment you cross a state line, and the three things that actually move the needle if you get the ticket anyway. 0:00 The Viral Stop 0:20 Pennsylvania's New Phone Law 1:32 What Counts As "Holding" 2:04 Heien v. North Carolina 3:43 What Really Happened To Katie Thomas 4:20 How Many States This Touches 6:42 Primary vs. Secondary Enforcement 9:40 Why I-95 Drivers Should Care 10:04 If You Get The Ticket Anyway Not legal advice. Confirm specifics with a licensed attorney in your state.