texting while driving ban

• FatHobbit

  

  http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/06/01/gov-kasich-signs-texting-while-driving-ban-into-law.html
  
  So does this only ban texting while driving for people over 18?
  
  Under 18 can't use any electronic device. Does that include in car navigation? What about a radio?
  
  The article was light on details.
• jmog

  One commentary I read on it says that under 18 it bans all hand held electronic devices (phones, computers, iPads, tablets, etc) but I assume that means radio/etc is still ok.
  
  Over 18 it doesn't even ban using a phone's apps, just specifically texting. Good luck enforcing that "no officer, I was not texting, I was playing Angry Birds".
• like_that

  

  Should just be a hands free law throughout the state.
• THE4RINGZ

  

  I am responding to this while driving on 36 East through Mount Vernon. Fuck the police.
• sleeper

  

  Texting while driving is the worst. Seriously, don't do it.
• Sonofanump

  From what heard: They can pull you over for texting, if you are over 18, you have to have a secondary violation to receive a citation.
• Glory Days

  

  like_that;1186754 wrote:Should just be a hands free law throughout the state.

  i'd argue its the conversation which is more distracting than the use of your hands.
• sleeper

  

  I just can't wait for the racetards to come out of the woodwork and start crying on how this law is targeting at black people disproportionately.
  
  #racewars
• FatHobbit

  

  jmog;1186753 wrote:One commentary I read on it says that under 18 it bans all hand held electronic devices (phones, computers, iPads, tablets, etc) but I assume that means radio/etc is still ok.

  So a gps would be prohibited, but a build in gps is ok?
  

  jmog;1186753 wrote:Over 18 it doesn't even ban using a phone's apps, just specifically texting. Good luck enforcing that "no officer, I was not texting, I was playing Angry Birds".

  That's dumb.
• THE4RINGZ

  

  sleeper;1186768 wrote:I just can't wait for the racetards to come out of the woodwork and start crying on how this law is targeting at black people disproportionately.
  
  #racewars

  
  Impossible. They all have Bluetooths.
• Rotinaj

  

  THE4RINGZ;1186776 wrote:Impossible. They all have Bluetooths.

  I thought they all had goldteeth??