NJ Cell Phone Law Update

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Mar 1, 8:09 AM (ET)

By BRAD HAYNES Associated Press Writer

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - For New Jersey drivers, the message is clear: Keep your thumbs on the wheel and off the keypad.

Beginning Saturday, police can slap drivers with a $100 fine for talking or sending a text message on hand-held devices.

New Jersey joins four other states, including neighboring New York, where talking on a hand-held cell phone is reason enough to get pulled over. The Garden State is the first where text-messaging on the road is a primary offense, meaning police need no other reason to pull a driver over, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

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Edited March 2, 2008 by jack10562
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I'm seriously unconvinced by this. The lastest research in the UK shows that using a hands-free device makes little or no difference: it's the act of having a conversation that causes operator inattention and increases accident risk, not the physical act of having a phone held to your ear. So do a risk/benefit analysis and either ban ALL phone-type devices, hands-free or not, or decide the benefits outweight the risks and don't ban anything.

Texting is, or should be, a no-brainer!!! (and is probably already covered under 'operator not in full control of vehicle' offenses?)

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you'd be amased how many people you see with phone pinned to ear while driving, there have been a couple of high profile deaths related to it and people still don't seem to care