Our new law will strengthen enforcement against drivers
using handheld electronic devices and help keep drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe.
Drivers can expect increased road patrols and sobriety checkpoints along roadways throughout the state, as well as a stepped - up effort to ticket distracted drivers
using handheld electronic devices.
Before this law, it was illegal for drivers to
use handheld electronic devices while their vehicle was in motion, but it was a secondary traffic offense — meaning a driver had to be stopped for another violation in order to receive a ticket.
Albany, NY (July 12, 2011) Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today signed a new law that strengthens the enforcement against drivers who
use handheld electronic devices for activities such as texting while a vehicle is in motion.
The law does not penalize drivers
using a handheld electronic device that is affixed to a surface or using a GPS device that is attached to the vehicle.
Not exact matches
The study sample size was small and it
used only one intensity of light, 1,000 lux, which is far greater than the intensity of a typical
handheld electronic device, she notes.
All that the trademark application tells us is that HP will be
using the term PalmPad in the context of «Computers, computer hardware, computer software, computer peripherals, portable computers,
handheld and mobile computers, PDAs,
electronic notepads, mobile digital
electronic devices.»
Use of a
handheld cellphone or
electronic communication
device while driving 3 Points are assessed against 3rd offense occurring within 10 years of a second offense and all subsequent offenses thereafter.
New Legislation Makes
Using Handheld Electronic Devices while Driving a Primary Traffic Offense; Additional Regulation will Increase Penalty from 2 Points to 3 Points for Cell Phone and
Electronic Device Usage While Driving
Maintained and updated
electronic records of activities
using a
handheld scanning
device.