New Cell Phone Law

June 30, 2008
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Enter the Age of DWT’s: Driving While Talking (on your cell phone)

Beginning tomorrow, July 1st, two new laws regarding driving a motor vehicle while talking on your cell phone will go into effect.  If you are under 18, then you may not use a cell phone at all while driving.  If you are 18+ years of age, you may use a wireless device (e.g. Bluetooth over-the-ear) while you are driving.

Fines are $20-$50 and ticketing is at the discretion of the officer.  And yes, an officer may pull you over simply for this infractions.

For your downloading pleasure, find the FAQ sheet from the CHP.

Download cell_phone_faq.pdf

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No word yet from my crack team of legal eagles, but I don’t believe that there are any regulations prohibiting bicyclists from “Biking While Talking”.  And once again, legislation is behind the times: looks like “Texting While Driving” is still very dangerous and very legal.

Kemble K. Pope chooses to be a downtown Davisite and is proud to have been born a 6th generation Texan. He likes to garden, play with his huge dog in the great outdoors and say, "No... maybe... ok, but just a little" to folks who ask him to volunteer.

Discussion

  1. Jeremy says:
    June 30, 2008 at 1:03 pm

    I absolutely hate it when people talk on cell phones when they’re biking! For most people it causes them to slow down and swerve left and right, and it makes them really hard to pass.

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