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California Court Rules Holding Cellphone While Driving for Navigation is Illegal

By

firefoxd

11mo ago· 3 min readenNews

Summary

A California appeals court ruled that holding a phone while driving, even for navigation, is illegal under the state law prohibiting cellphone use while driving.

Key quotes

· 2 pulled
"The driver doesn’t need to be swiping or tapping at the navigation application to break the law, the court ruled."
"Just looking at the map on the screen, with the phone in hand, can justify getting pulled over to be ticketed."
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A California appeals court ruled this week that holding a phone while driving, even while looking at a map to navigate, is still illegal.

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