Florida Might Prohibit All Cell Phone Use in Vehicles (Accidentally)
How would you like to be pulled over by the Florida Highway Patrol for talking on a cell phone while driving. That might happen if the 2010 Florida Legislature adopts HB 323 in its present form.
The bill is intended to stop drivers from texting while driving. However, it defines texting rather broadly as “any digital communication manually created by a person to be transmitted electronically between physical devices”. Oops. I think your dragnet picked up cell phones in that definition.
So even if you used a headset (which would be required if a different bill, HB 333, passes), you would not be allowed to use a cell phone at all.
Jim Martin 3/13/10
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