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Originally Posted by biggus diggus
This isn't a ban on handheld device use like it should be, just a ban on texting and driving. You can still look at google maps. Useless.
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No. This is a complete hands off ban unless the vehicle is stopped or parked. The media is misleading by stating "Texting Ban", but it's almost everything:
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A. UNLESS A MOTOR VEHICLE IS PARKED OR STOPPED PURSUANT TO SECTION
29 28-645, SUBSECTION A, PARAGRAPH 3 OR SECTION 28-851, A PERSON MAY NOT
30 OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE ON A STREET OR HIGHWAY IF THE PERSON DOES EITHER
31 OF THE FOLLOWING:
32 1. PHYSICALLY HOLDS OR SUPPORTS WITH ANY PART OF THE PERSON'S BODY
33 EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING:
34 (a) A PORTABLE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, EXCEPT THAT A PERSON
35 MAY USE A PORTABLE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH AN EARPIECE,
36 HEADPHONE DEVICE OR DEVICE WORN ON A WRIST TO CONDUCT A VOICE-BASED
37 COMMUNICATION.
38 (b) A STAND-ALONE ELECTRONIC DEVICE.
39 2. WRITES, SENDS OR READS ANY TEXT-BASED COMMUNICATION, INCLUDING A
40 TEXT MESSAGE, INSTANT MESSAGE, E-MAIL OR INTERNET DATA, ON A PORTABLE
41 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE OR STAND-ALONE ELECTRONIC DEVICE.
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I highlighted internet data as that also would include Google Maps.
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