Rebel With A Cause: Florida Man Caught Jamming Other Driver's Cell Phones

Some drivers would love to have a cellphone-free bubble around their cars, but when a Florida man allegedly created one every day on his commute, it didn’t necessarily make the highway a safer place.

Jason R. Humphreys of Seffner, Florida, operated a cellphone jammer in his Toyota Highlander sport-utility vehicle during his daily commute for as long as two years before the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and the local sheriff tracked him down, the FCC said on Tuesday. Now he’s facing $48,000 in fines, with 30 days to pay or file a response.

Humphreys told the FCC he used the jammer to keep people from talking on their cellphones while driving. Talking on a cellphone while driving is legal in Florida, even without a hands-free kit, though texting while driving is banned. Using a cellphone jammer is illegal for everyone but federal law enforcement, regardless of intent, according to the FCC.


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tattedtwice - 5/5/2014 2:05:53 AM

+1 Boost

Buy this dude a beer, a steak dinner, a night with the chick of his choice, whatever he wants; lawbreaker or not, he earned it. Personally I wish MORE people would use jammers to keep the dumb teen bimbettes, housewives, and any other idiot that cant put a phone down for two minutes focused on the task at hand, which is DRIVING!