Good luck with that. Recently had my car rear ended by some one that was “distracted” while driving. Might be a law but it won’t stop people from doing it until there are major consequences. And not just loss of license, people will still drive.
But will they bother to enforce it? We’ve had that law on our books where I live for years, but everyone is still weaving all over the road as they text or FaceTime(!) while driving.
Holy shit…do other states not have this already? We passed this like 15 years ago…and that was before driving turned into night of the living dead meets 2Fast.
Many states did, but many passed them as “secondary offenses” so you you could only be pulled over for something else that’s a primary offense and then the police could ticket you for phone use
Now many states are going back and passing laws that make it a primary offense
Finally! I hate driving anywhere anymore because everyone’s on their phone. Not just local roads, but on the fucking turnpike for christsake!
I’m not sure how they’ll enforce this though.
Minnesota implemented a similar law in 2019 and it’s really made no difference. You see idiots on their phones all the time not paying attention.
Laws like this will always be toothless if they rely on you to be physically stopped by an officer and if it’s a fixed fee penalty.
We know who is far more likely to be stopped by police and a fixed fine system penalizes the poorest the most. If cameras were used and fines were assessed based on percentage of income OR it was a points system that could lead to revocation of license I think they’d be more effective.
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