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Cell phone while driving law app???

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Is there an app that will tell you the current talking/texting laws for the state that you are currently in based on your actual location?

For cross country driving it is hard to keep track of what laws apply to the state that you are currently in. I did a search of the app store and couldn't find anything. This seems like it would be very useful.
 
Well, IMO I don't think there is a need for that because whatever state or country you are in, you shouldn't be texting, or if you are calling, use a hands free unit.

However to answer your question, I can't find any, so there's probably none unless they're blocked in my country.
 
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Oh, censorship! That's nice, isn't it? Obviously motorcyclists are not welcome to give their opinion on this site... I suppose that knocking somebody off a motorbike isn't illegal, that the guy should be given a medal or something for a good deed, whilst if I simply retaliate then I should be shot or something?

Right well I am now going to go and do 180mph in a 30mph limited area. How's that for illegal activity? lol :D Is anybody going to denounce me to the dirty Catalan police? I'll be riding a stolen white GSX-R 1000 at speeds of up to 180mph through downtown Barcelona in ten minutes' time! lol :D Catch me if you can!
 
chanchan05 said:
Well, IMO I don't think there is a need for that because whatever state or country you are in, you shouldn't be texting, or if you are calling, use a hands free unit.
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I totally agree, especially with texting. I'm just curious if such an app exists. It sounds like it doesn't.
 
Don't think theres an app for this, but you could google "cell phone and texting laws" and the ghsa.org result has a nice chart you can look at. Save it as a favorite in your browser and you can just take a look at it whenever you get to a new state (when you're stopped).
 
chanchan05 said:
Well, IMO I don't think there is a need for that because whatever state or country you are in, you shouldn't be texting, or if you are calling, use a hands free unit.

However to answer your question, I can't find any, so there's probably none unless they're blocked in my country.
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I agree with you on texting because you take your eyes off the road. I disagree on the phone thing. If I'm driving down the road talking on the phone how is that different if I have a BT headset vs a phone to my ear vs carrying on the same conversation with the passenger next to me?
 
Rovers said:
An in-car 'Hands-Free BT system' can be 'ear-free' too, improving safety.
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I guess there's a disconnect for me. I can't see how ear-free improves safety. Hands free sure. Ear free? Not so much.

But you're right: any kind of conversation is of course in fact distracting attention from driving. But some kinds of conversation
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A.Nonymous said:
I've got a BT headset and I use it, but I don't see how it's any less distracting.
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Exactly! It is all distracting. Which is why I wouldn't mind that Swedish law implemented here too. I drove 30 years without a phone. So there's no reason why we couldn't do without now. Especially if there is the bonus of safer traffic.
 
Rovers said:
Exactly! It is all distracting. Which is why I wouldn't mind that Swedish law implemented here too. I drove 30 years without a phone. So there's no reason why we couldn't do without now. Especially if there is the bonus of safer traffic.
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There's certainly no reason why we couldn't do without. I don't buy that it would make driving safer. I don't think driving is more dangerous now.
 
A.Nonymous said:
I agree with you on texting because you take your eyes off the road. I disagree on the phone thing. If I'm driving down the road talking on the phone how is that different if I have a BT headset vs a phone to my ear vs carrying on the same conversation with the passenger next to me?
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BT Headset and conversation with passenger, you have both hands on the wheel. In cases of emergencies, you'd want both hands free. The second you need to throw your phone away can save your life. Especially if your car is a manual transmission one.
 
A.Nonymous said:
I don't buy that it would make driving safer.
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Ignore a gazillion statistical data at your own risk (and that of others!): traffic has gotten considerably more dangerous since mobile phones were introduced. In the last 3 years 35% of accidents which involved physical injuries also involved mobile phone use by the driver.

I don't think driving is more dangerous now.
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That's called 'wishful thinking'. Wake up to reality!
 
Rovers said:
Ignore a gazillion statistical data at your own risk (and that of others!): traffic has gotten considerably more dangerous since mobile phones were introduced. In the last 3 years 35% of accidents which involved physical injuries also involved mobile phone use by the driver. ..
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That's not indicated by numbers of fatalities, at least not here in the UK. Take a look at ... File:Killed on British Roads.png - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ... Fatalities are dropping.

Not to say I agree with driving and phoning/texting BUT there was no need here in the UK to introduce new legislation to cover mobile phones "specifically", it was knee-jerk reaction to press hype. The current laws for 'driving without due care and attention' and 'dangerous driving' covered them quite adequately.

For example, holding a phone to your ear whilst driving through a busy town centre is obviously totally stupid and you deserve to have the book thrown at you (especially as most UK cars are manual). But on an empty motorway?

I say that as a someone who has ridden a motorbike for longer than I've driven a car (about 30 years in a car) and who has a BT enabled radio in my car for hands-free purposes.

Dave
 
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