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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Calif. Court: Motorist Can't Use Hand-Held [Phone]
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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."
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