List of countries & US states that ban cell phone use while driving

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List of countries & US states that ban cell phone use while driving

LIST OF COUNTRIES AND US STATES THAT BAN CELL PHONE USE WHILE DRIVING - CELL PHONE BANS WHILE DRIVING, BLUETOOTH HANDSFREE SPEAKERPHONE, BLUETOOTH SPEAKERPHONE HANDSFREE, BLUE TOOTH CAR SPEAKERPHONE HANDS FREE, (626)366-8001, Bluetooth Handsfree Head




I find interesting that there´re no banned for cell phone use while driving in most US states but they banned just DUI, not cell phone? :shock:

German traffic law treat the driver the equal as alochol driving for violate the traffic law for involve traffic accident. They ban your driving liescene (how long? depend on situation) and high fine penalty with points for involve in car accident while they use cell phone or alochol.

For drivers who use cell phone while driving, penatly fine €40 with two points (without accident involvement). I am for from €100, not €40 because I can´t stand ignorant driver for use phone while driving.

Mobile phones and driving safety

Mobile phones and driving safety - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I find interesting that the statistic of car accidents involvment is cell phone than alochol. :shock:


I alway turn my cell phone off for want to take a car to drive anywhere. I turn my cell phone on for stop at car park to make an important call. My sons complaint to me why I switch my cell phone off. I explained them accord the traffic law, we are not allow to use or read the text cell phone while driving and explained them if they want to call me in the office then do that from 7.30 to 4.00 pm and all the day at home for their calling. They will know that I am driving if my cell phone is switch off. It teachs my sons to respect the law and its about protect car accident... You know that many people have to die because of that driver for use cell phone or alochol.





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I don't care about how amazing is German law, I'm glad that I don't live in Europe.

I'm favor into state decision like most of driving safety laws.

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Brooklyn, Ohio near Cleveland was very first cell phone law in the 1990's

I alway turn my cell phone off for want to take a car to drive anywhere. I turn my cell phone on for stop at car park to make an important call. My sons complaint to me why I switch my cell phone off. I explained them accord the traffic law, we are not allow to use or read the text cell phone while driving and explained them if they want to call me in the office then do that from 7.30 to 4.00 pm and all the day at home for their calling. They will know that I am driving if my cell phone is switch off. It teachs my sons to respect the law and its about protect car accident... You know that many people have to die because of that driver for use cell phone or alochol.
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Many teen drivers are using their cell phones not only to call their friends and family while driving, but they have begun sending text and picture messages while driving. There is a cell phone ban in effect in most states, but it is hard to enforce for most states.

Cell Phone Restrictions for Teenage Drivers
 
Kudos to Germany! Too bad they can't do the same thing here in the U.S.
 
Hear Again said:
Kudos to Germany! Too bad they can't do the same thing here in the U.S.
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then move to Germany if you are satisfied with their law but there's no guarantee about would save your life, anyway.
 
Hear Again said:
Do you mean 1980s or 1990s? :confused:

Cell phones didn't exist until the 80s.
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I had edited it. Thank you, Hear Again

Brooklyn first introduced its cell phone driving ban in 1999.
 
For experience with cell phone, use of cell phone is very common in interstate, state road and suburb but not common in city, especially in downtown and hard to handle with cell phone due many direction that you need get in right way.

I'm use cellphone on interstate and state road but sometime in suburb if needed to text and settle the GPS to get information about road and area.
 
Foxrac said:
I'm use cellphone on interstate and state road but sometime in suburb if needed to text and settle the GPS to get information about road and area.
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You are right. You should get holders on your car dash for cellphone and PDA without hands.
 
Chevy57 said:
I had edited it. Thank you, Hear Again

Brooklyn first introduced its cell phone driving ban in 1999.
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You're welcome. :) I just wanted to make sure I understood your post.

:ty: for clarifying. :)
 
Foxrac said:
then move to Germany if you are satisfied with their law but there's no guarantee about would save your life, anyway.
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Why do people always say that if someone doesn't like the laws of their country, they should move to another? I've never understood why people always use that as a so-called argument as to why laws shouldn't be created.

There are no guarantees in life, but a law would protect more lives than it would if it did not exist in the first place.
 
Foxrac said:
For experience with cell phone, use of cell phone is very common in interstate, state road and suburb but not common in city, especially in downtown and hard to handle with cell phone due many direction that you need get in right way.

I'm use cellphone on interstate and state road but sometime in suburb if needed to text and settle the GPS to get information about road and area.
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Then you are one of those people that the law targets and intends to punish. You refuse to do the responsible thing and not text while driving. That is the very reason these laws have to be made. To punish the people that care only about their own immediate needs and put other people in danger as a result.
 
jillio said:
Then you are one of those people that the law targets and intends to punish. You refuse to do the responsible thing and not text while driving. That is the very reason these laws have to be made. To punish the people that care only about their own immediate needs and put other people in danger as a result.
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Given how many people talk on cell phones and text while driving, I'm glad I can't drive. I don't want to be on the road and the prime target of someone who refuses to act responsibly behind the wheel.
 
jillio said:
Then you are one of those people that the law targets and intends to punish. You refuse to do the responsible thing and not text while driving. That is the very reason these laws have to be made. To punish the people that care only about their own immediate needs and put other people in danger as a result.
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no. you are ONE of those people who like to create more laws to regulate the behaviors without focusing on fixing the root of the problem. That is also another way of refusing to do the responsible thing - by ignoring the root of the problem. There's something called COMMON SENSE. Making this law when we already have another law to punish the drivers is dumb - UNNECESSARY and REDUNDANT. We already have Reckless Driving, Vehicular Manslaughter, Careless Driving, Failure to observe traffic lanes, and several more?

House delays debate on cell phone driving ban
House lawmakers are pushing the bill following recent accidents involving drivers using cell phones. Most recently, a 13-year-old Taunton boy was struck and killed just after Christmas by a man sending a text message while driving.

Sen. Steven Baddour, the Senate chairman of the Transportation Committee, said he will work to kill the bill when it reaches the Senate.

"You can't legislate common sense, and you can't legislate against stupidity," Baddour, a Methuen Democrat, said. "If people are going to text message while driving, changing the law isn't going to change behavior."
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Andover police Safety Officer Charles Edgerly said he thinks driving while holding a cell phone or sending messages while driving is dangerous. He said he knows of incidents where people reluctantly acknowledged they went through a red light or were in a crash because they were on their phone.

But while he supports the bill's aim to make roads safer, as a police officer, he also knows from experience that changing the law won't necessarily change behavior.

"We all know there's a seat belt law, and many people don't wear one. Or the speed limit on (Interstate) 93 is 65 (mph) but they're still doing 80," Edgerly said. "It would make a difference if people followed the law."
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But what do you propose for long-term strategy in attempt to change this risky driving behavior? Do nothing, do less, or everything is fine the way it is?
 
Hear Again said:
Why do people always say that if someone doesn't like the laws of their country, they should move to another? I've never understood why people always use that as a so-called argument as to why laws shouldn't be created.

There are no guarantees in life, but a law would protect more lives than it would if it did not exist in the first place.
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how does the law protect victims from distracted drivers?
 
Chevy57 said:
You are right. You should get holders on your car dash for cellphone and PDA without hands.
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Interesting thing is.... German cars do not have those or hardly have those. That's why our cars have far more cupholders than German cars. I mean good lord... texting while driving on Autobahn at 90+ mph? :Ohno:
 
Jiro said:
no. you are ONE of those people who like to create more laws to regulate the behaviors without focusing on fixing the root of the problem. That is also another way of refusing to do the responsible thing - by ignoring the root of the problem. There's something called COMMON SENSE. Making this law when we already have another law to punish the drivers is dumb - UNNECESSARY and REDUNDANT. We already have Reckless Driving, Vehicular Manslaughter, Careless Driving, Failure to observe traffic lanes, and several more?

House delays debate on cell phone driving ban




But what do you propose for long-term strategy in attempt to change this risky driving behavior? Do nothing, do less, or everything is fine the way it is?
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And the plain fact of the matter is, if people were not insisting on texting and driving, the law would never have been considered as necessary to stop the activity. Unfortunately, there are still those, that despite the fact that the law clearly communicates that texting and driving is dangerous and illegal, continue to do so. That is why the law is necessary. Because people insist on acting irresponsibly no matter how many times they are told that texting and driving is dangerous, or talking on a cell phone and driving is dangerous.
 
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