California...no more cells while driving

[snuggleycutejc]

My phone sound off through the speakers it interrupts the stereo system's music it is so cool.   

[aflyingmonkey]

There really is no point in holding your phone now days, as you can speak to your phone  directly through the radio system or through mounting it on the dash.

I see a problem with people who rely on looking at their phones for gps, instead of just listening to the directions.

They will enforce it when they are looking for the quota numbers to fill... just like being pulled over for tinted windows.   There are not enough police that is for sure, but if they started citing people for  infractions, they would have more to fund more police. 

[lvstephanie]

I think it goes a little too far by saying that you can't even touch your cell phone. While I understand that the goal is to deter distracted driving, there are times that you may have to touch your phone while driving. Even if your phone is "hands-free", you may have to touch the screen to answer a phone call. Many people are also using their phones as GPS devices, which may require some interaction. You have to remember that "driving" can be constituted as being behind the steering wheel while the engine is running. So you're at a stop sign in a low traffic residential neighborhood setting your phone's map for your road trip, and you could get fined even though your action is not going to lead to an accident. Or even you get a phone call, pull into a parking lot and answer it; whoops, that's breaking the law too. Your phone is dying and you plug it into the charger while at a traffic light; there's another $20 fine. Although I doubt that the cops are going to be writing tickets for those examples listed above, it is possible and provides a way for the police to stop an individual perhaps in hopes of finding a more serious crime. Unfortunately, it could also be used by police to harass certain groups of people; it just gives any racist cop coverage to racial profiling. 2016 was all in an uproar about excessive police force when interacting with people of color; imaging handing these same police the means to pull over a black man in a low-income neighborhood that tosses his cell into the empty passenger seat because the incoming phone call was distracting him, and the stop ending in a Rodney King-like incident.

[makeblessed]

No cell driving has been the law for awhile in our state, unless you ear phone or navigating in your car to be hands free from texting and talking, but honestly I still see people  doing it all the time and they are so distracted it is awful, wish it was a better way to enforce it! 

[Skyisbluetoday]

Wonder how long that will last!

[metsrock69]

In my state CT, the fine for talking on a cell phone is $150.00 for the first time and up from there. you can drive with an ear handfree device

[Liquidfire_43]

People will always try to sneak a way... The police in my area aren't too crazy on pulling people over unless they need to fill out their ticket quota or expired license... Most modern cars have bluetooth built in, so you can talk while driving

[tnshpalmer85]

I think it is a great idea. That law needs to be everywhere. There are too many people on their cells phones getting distracted and killing innocent people because they want to look at Facebook or something that is not important. Driving is a big responsibility and people need to take it serious.