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cellphone bans while driving have spread across the country, carmakers and cell - phone providers are cashing in on hands - free technology.
Not exact matches
The designation comes with a 35 mph speed limit, a
ban on using
cellphones while driving and steeper fines for speeding.
Felix Ortiz (D - Brooklyn), who crafted New York's laws
banning cellphone calls and texting
while driving.
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.
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.
Other Florida lawmakers like State Rep. Jeff Brandes also oppose any
ban on
cellphones while driving, questioning how it could be enforced and suggesting that a
ban would be reflective of a «nanny state.»
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.
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 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.