Cell-phone-law limits concern chief of ACC
Legislative update: A handheld cell phone law is now in effect in Missouri. It took effect Aug. 28 with warnings until early 2025. Senate Bill 398 from Sen. Nick Schroer sets fines from $150 to $500, with enhanced punishments for school-zone and work-zone violations. Limited to secondary ...
In Portsmouth, police are under fire for only handing out warnings under the year-old cell phone law. The police chief agreed, saying the warning period was over and “we have to do more enforcement.” He promised a crackdown in the wake of several major accidents linked to electronic distr...
A hands-free cell phone law with primary enforcement goes into effect in Ohio in early April. Gov. Mike DeWine, a firm supporter of limiting cell phone use by all drivers, signed the measure into law Jan. 3. The legislation originated in the House, but was incorporated into a much-larger...
The Law Sections 23123 and 23124 of the California Vehicle Code limit drivers from using Wi-Fi even when operating a motor automobile, except when the motive force uses a phone designed and configured to be “palms-loose.” Drivers who violate the regulation will face a $20 nice for the fi...
our cell phones as our own person technological domains. They are the places where we can store our digital life and keep an eye on the things that we need to, while we are on the go. But, what if your data is not you own, what if it is used against you in a court of law?
The odds of a truck and bus driver using a cell phone while driving under a fleet cell phone policy were 0.83 times less, compared to no fleet cell phone policy. The data showed that a State cell phone law did not significantly impact truck and bus drivers? likelihood in using their ...
A hands-free cell phone law with primary enforcement goes into effect in Ohio in early April. Gov. Mike DeWine, a firm supporter of limiting cell phone use by all drivers, signed the measure into law Jan. 3. The legislation originated in the House, but was incorporated into a much-larger...
In response to public concern about driver distraction from cellular telephones, New York became the first state to ban handheld cell phone use while driving. The law, accompanied by considerable publicity, included a warning phase (November 2001), after which violators could be fined. Until March...
cell phone information to be handed out, “then a very common practice will come to a screeching halt,” saysFred Cate, distinguished professor of law at Indiana University. This means there likely would be petitions to revisit criminal cases that were decided based on cell phone data ob...