Once again we see legislators bribed by the auto industry. GM loves car crashes. Car crashes mean car sales.
California drivers will be allowed to text, with restrictions - LA Daily News
California drivers will be allowed to text, with restrictions
Updated: 07/14/2012 07:52:37 PM PDT
SAN JOSE, Calif. - California drivers will be allowed to text when they're behind the wheel of a car, as long as they're using a hands-free device, and with some restrictions.
Under a bill signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday, beginning Jan. 1, drivers will be able to send, dictate and listen to text messages, but only if they're using a voice-activated device attached to a cellphone by a headset or Bluetooth earpiece, or a program inside a vehicle, like OnStar.
AB 1536, sponsored by California Assemblyman Jeff Miller, R-Corona, will allow Californians to text behind the wheel for the first time since texting while driving was outlawed more than three years ago.
"There's all this brand-new technology coming out that people want to take advantage of and use, and under current law they are unable to do that," Miller told the San Jose Mercury News
Gawd, doesn't that just figure! Politics over life and death....