[ NNSquad ] Calif. Court: Motorist Can't Use Hand-Held [Phone] Map

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Calif. Court: Motorist Can't Use Hand-Held [Phone] Map

http://j.mp/Zkslgw  (NPR)

    "It may be argued that the Legislature acted arbitrarily when it
     outlawed all 'hands-on' use of a wireless telephone while driving,
     even though the legal use of one's hands to operate myriad other
     devices poses just as great a risk to the safety of other motorists,"
     the judge wrote in the March 21 ruling. "It may also be argued that
     prohibiting driving while using 'electronic wireless communications
     devices' for texting and emailing, while acknowledging and failing to
     prohibit perhaps even more distracting uses of the same devices, is
     equally illogical and arbitrary."

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"The ruling doesn't apply outside of Fresno County."

--Lauren--
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