thanks!! I was talking about this the other day with my sister in law. She works from the county and was pretty certain the law takes effect this year.... I will tell her she is wrong.

 

Yeah, sure looks like that hoax e-mail was one of the better "hoax" e-mails in quite some time.

 

I now know someone that got a ticket for driving w/o an ear piece.

 

Any valid California citation will have the Vehicle Code # that has been infringed upon written on the ticket.
You can look up CVCs on the DMV website.

Cheers,
~Alan

 

As far as the Driving While Talking thing, a coworker of mine has confirmed it with the local PD he lives in. Once I get a copy of the letter sent out by the seargant, I will share it with you all.

Yes this does not fully go into effect until 7/1/2008 BUT, cops have the authority to pull you over with a warning. It's basically a probationary grace period until the time it's fully enforced, this way people will be aware of it instead of saying, "oh i didn't know?".

 

I operate my bluetooth phone with voice commands. That is considered hands free, right? I mean, I do use my thumb to press the voice button on the steering wheel.

 

funny thing is that when the studies are done, it's not the holding of the cell phone thats the problem, its that the drivers mind is elsewhere, not focusing on the road, that causes the problems...

it's been shown that holding the phone vs. handsfree has little to no effect...

 

Kinda embarassing...but as it turns out, this "friend of the family" likes to exaggerate ***** all the time. he got the hoax e-mail and made up the fact that he got a ticket for it just to make it more believable....i kinda feel retarded now for even bringing this up..

man, i hate peeps like that...my apologies for causing the confusion.

 

Great point. There is no way he could pulled over for taking the split second to push a button to receive the call.

I remember hearing of debates a few years ago that if people should be ticketed for holding a phone up to their ear, then drivers should also get ticketed for eating, drinking, etc. while driving.