Sentences with phrase «ban cellphone use»

The National Transportation Safety Board announced last week that it is calling for all 50 states to ban all cellphone use (handheld and hands - free) for all drivers.

The site notes that currently there is not a single state that bans all cellphone use (handheld and hands - free) for all drivers, but that may soon change dramatically if a recommendation by the National Transportation Safety Board is followed.

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Not too edgy, though: expect frowns if you text at the bar, since cellphone use is banned outside of the special phone booths.

The designation comes with a 35 mph speed limit, a ban on using cellphones while driving and steeper fines for speeding.

The 2017 legislative session in the state Senate kicked off on an acrimonious note Wednesday with Democrats blasting a «Trump - style» change in the rules that bans the use of cellphones from recording video or taking photos.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who rarely has a nice word for the media, leapt into action Wednesday to spring a New York Daily News reporter who had been arrested by state troopers for using a cellphone in an area outside the state Senate chamber where telephone calls are banned.

«However, states with bans prohibiting the use of cellphones without hands - free technology altogether on all drivers saw significant reductions in fatalities among this particular age group.

As state legislators across the United States enact laws that ban the use of cellphones while driving, a new HLDI study finds no reductions in crashes after hand - held phone bans take effect.

ARLINGTON, Va. — Teenage drivers» cellphone use edged higher in North Carolina after the state enacted a cellphone ban for young drivers, a new Institute study finds.

Teenage drivers» cellphone use edged higher in North Carolina after the state enacted a cellphone ban for young drivers, a new IIHS study finds.

The site closely tracks state laws governing distracted driving, listing, for example, the nine states (plus D.C. and the Virgin Islands) that prohibit drivers from using handheld cellphones while driving, and the 35 states that ban text messaging for all drivers.

Latvala, Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, told the St. Petersburg Times (while driving and talking on his cellphone, of course) that there is «absolutely no chance» Florida would ever ban the use of cellphones while driving.

Although there are state laws banning the use of cellphones, texting and other wireless devices, distracted driving continues to be a leading cause of traffic accidents in California.

Given the objective is to promote road safety by banning resort to and the use of such devices while operating a motor vehicle, it is not necessary to prohibit a driver from merely touching a cellphone, for example, just to hand it to a passenger or to move it within the car.

Although no state has passed any law where there is a complete ban on the use of cellphones for all drivers, there are bans on certain groups that are considered to be high - risk.

Amarillo, for instance, banned using cellphones for talking, texting, looking for directions and pretty much all hand held usage.

Although many states have begun instituting bans on handheld cellphone use and texting while driving, Texas does not have such bans in place for experienced drivers.

A major insurance company and a major insurance industry group are backing a recommendation by the National Transportation Safety Board for a state - by - state ban on using cellphones while driving... more

In fact, six states have already banned the use of cellphones while driving.