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In just two hours, officers with Ottawa’s traffic unit netted more than three dozen drivers distracted by their devices.

A total of 39 people were ticketed for using cellphones behind the wheel in the area of Bank and Isabella streets between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday.

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“Many more were seen, but officers were too busy with offenders to stop them,” police noted.