Comments on: California’s Cell Phone Law

By: N. Spalding

N. Spalding — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:03:44 +0000

come on who are they kidding. This law will have no effect what so ever. A driver is just as easily distracted with a passenger as they are with a phone conversation. And did anyone pay attention to the law as it is written? It is illegal to have the phone up to your ear but NOT in your hand while you send a text to someone. That’s a good idea let’s all send “TEXT” messages and totally take our eyes off the road. Some real smart politician put a lot of thought into this law. Just another way to dip into the californian wallets with no justification to back it.

By: John L.

John L. — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:34:16 +0000

I just have one HUGE problem about this law… I, as a California driver, now have no way of knowing if a driver with a headset is actually talking on their cell phone. And let us admit it… talking on the cell phone while driving, with or without a headset, takes away the driver’s attention.

The only way I could determine if a driver with a cell phone would be a danger to me was to see if they have their cell phone held up to their ear.

What CA government should have done was banning cell phones from all Class C drivers while driving. So when any one of them is breaking the law by having their cell phone held up to their ear, everyone else can see that and distance themselves from that driver.

By: G

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:37:26 +0000

Using one hand on the phone is not the problem, its the fact that a person is not concentrating on the road while having a conversation with someone. Watch, I bet that this stupid law will not have any effect because people will still be distracted using those retarded bluetooth ear pieces.

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By: Leslie

Leslie — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:45:35 +0000

I thought the law said that anyone under the age of 18 was not permitted to use any sort of phone, not even a hands free device. If you are over the age of 18 you may use hands free.

By: Ani

Ani — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:19:44 +0000

Thought this came into effect this month. Glad to see I have a little more time to invest in my hands free/blue tooth.

By: Starphantom12

Starphantom12 — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:15:23 +0000

We got this law fairly recently in New Mexico. The number of people with those bluetooth earphone attachments has jumped waaaaaay up.

By: Sirdar

Sirdar — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:07:51 +0000

I think our provincial government is looking at doing somethings similar. I don’t know what it is like in California…but you can always tell who is on a cell phone up here….