Oregon becomes 6th state to outlaw cell phone use while driving.
The amended bill (House Bill 2377) was approved on June 24, and Governor Kulongowski has said he will sign, will go into effect January 1, 2010 and carry a $90 fine.
While excluding public safety and emergency personnel, the new law joins Oregon with California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Washington, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands that make it illegal to drive while using a handheld cell phone.
Oregon’s new law will prohibit all use of a cell phone by drivers under 18, while allowing hands-free devices for drivers over 18.
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Friday, June 26, 2009
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Can you still use your phone for calling or texting when sitting at a stop light?
ReplyDeleteBy definition: a vehicle on the roadway, whether physically moving or not, IE: while paused at a traffic signal, is considered to be "under way" and therefore subject to this regulation.
ReplyDeleteI hope that the next step to making driving without a hands free headset a primary offense comes sooner than later. I still see everyone driving with phone to ear with seemingly no consideration of the reason the hands free law was even written!!
ReplyDeleteI think if they increased the fine it would deter more people from doing such things.
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