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return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 19 hours ago

Holding your cellphone while driving for navigation is illegal, California court rules

www.latimes.com

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Holding your cellphone while driving for navigation is illegal, California court rules

www.latimes.com

return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 19 hours ago
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A California appeals court ruled this week that holding a phone while driving, even while looking at a map to navigate, is still illegal.
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    Neato, now do the 20 inch iPad where you have to go 2 menus deep to turn on your heated seats

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      It’s exempt because it’s “attached to the car”.

      They don’t care about use or safety with these laws. They only care about ease of enforcement. “I saw you holding your phone” is a much easier ticket.

      • Default Username@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        It’s not difficult to enforce regulations on car companies, but they provide bribes to politicians.

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    Coke in one hand and a taco in the other is still okay

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    Hasn’t this always been the law?

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      That’s what I thought as well, but I think people kind of agreed that holding it for navigation was OK; even if it wasn’t legal.

      Maybe this is just there to explicitly show that it is illegal.

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    Mounted phones […] are exempted

    whew

  • RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world
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    can we do this federally?

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    What about holding my car while socializing inside my phone?

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      Only illegal if you’re driving your phone

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        I’m not driving my phone, officer. I’m traveling.

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        Nah I have Android driving that

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    So looking at the phone in my lap is OK? Good to know, CA.

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    The car just moves around me when I want to go somewhere

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      My phone lives in California; I live in the moment

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