State Patrol records show that in cases where drivers are contacted about cell phones, they get tickets only about a third of the instances -- both in King County cases and statewide.
Only One In Three Cell-phone Violators Is Ticketed
By CASEY MCNERTHNEY / SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sun, 08/30/2009 - 9:16pm
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