Talk on a California Car Cell Phone – Go To Prison But OK to Text Message
Beginning July 1 in California it is illegal to place a cell phone to your ear while driving a car. However, a loophole in the law allows the driver to text message while driving.
The new law when passed would make texting illegal in January 2009.
How do you spell cock up?
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6 Comments
wisdom
Texting has surely got to be a lot worse than talking on the phone by holding it to your ear. Interesting.
PK
Well, Text msg could kill , I hit a Car at 10 MPH While msging
Flap
Texting is more distracting for sure but one wonders what morons who wrote the cell phone law let this one slip through.
Games Car
What Kinda of Car do you drive?
Jason Omnia
Well this might interest you then!
“Britain’s first Muslim peer was jailed for three months yesterday for texting at the wheel shortly before ploughing into a car and killing its driver.”
A Peer is a member of our House of Lords, like your congress… you can read more here if you are interested in the consequences of sending text messages whilst at the wheel!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1155043/Labour-peer-Lord-Ahmed-jailed-12-weeks-text-message-death-crash-M1.html
Flap
California has since (January 2009) modified its no cell phone while driving law to include text messaging.