Buy a Bluetooth for your teenaged driver, too - it will save lives
by Elizabeth Blair York | September 10th, 2007As we anticipate the rollout later this year for MoGo’s Bluetooth headset, more and more states are introducing laws that will make these headsets not only useful, but lawful.
A hands-free solution, like a Bluetooth, may be the only thing that stands between you and an expensive ticket.
Or, more importantly, an accident.
While there are no firm statistics yet that prove the danger of using a phone while driving, common sense and anecdotal evidence from accident reports both demonstrate that splitting your attention while driving just isn’t safe.
Over a dozen states as well as the District of Columbia have passed bans on cell phone usage (either talking without a headset or texting) while driving - most as restrictions for teenagers.
But California is now leading the pack with a recently passed law that goes into effect July, 2008.
The legislation is applicable to all drivers of all ages and makes it a violation to talk on your mobile without a headset while driving. The pain, if caught, is to the tune of a $285 ticket . That will be DOUBLED in construction zones.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s daughter turned driving age this year, which may explain why he signed the new law. However, make no mistake - this IS a sign of things to come nationally. The US is way behind the rest of the cell-phone world when it comes to these kinds of laws which have been in place for a long time abroad.
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