Using Handheld Phone GPS While Driving Is Legal In California

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Steven R. Spriggs was ticketed and fined $165 for violating California's law on cell phone use while operating a motor vehicle, which states that you can only use a phone while driving if you have a hands-free device. But he appealed the judgement, arguing that the law only applied to actually talking on the phone, whereas he had been caught checking his GPS app. Now anappeals court has agreed with him (http://www.itworld.com/legal/407355/california-court-rules-it-okay-drivers-check-mobile-maps). The law in question was enacted in 2006, before the smartphone boom."

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/14/02/28/155249/using-handheld-phone-gps-while-driving-is-legal-in-california