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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is set to have extra deputies out on patrol on Tuesday, September 8 in the City of Santa Clarita, where they are set to be “looking for drivers that are violating the state’s hands-free cell phone law.”
Under the law, drivers are not allowed to hold a phone or electronic communications device while driving. This includes talking, texting or using an app.
“Distracted driving is a serious issue, but one that can be easily solved simply by putting the phone down,” Sergeant Robert Hill of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. “That text, phone call, email or social media post can wait.”
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A driver cell phone violation is subject to a $157 fine for the first offense.
Other distractions include eating, grooming, talking to passengers, using GPS, adjusting the radio, taking off a jacket, reaching for an object on the floor or navigating a vehicle’s in-dash touchscreen, according to officials.
If you have an important phone call or need to program directions, pull over to a safe parking spot. Before driving, either silence your phone or put it somewhere you can’t reach.
Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, officials said.
Ed. Note: This information courtesy of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
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Glad to see there doing this. So many people think they are above the law. It’s a big problem.
Please add poodles on driver’s lap to your list of distractions.
Get those inconsiderate cell phone drivers!! Always driving tooooooo slow or fast!!
Bout TIME! To get SERIOUS, that is! This has gone on for too long, pretty much unabated! Big-money tickets! Jail time even, if that’s what it takes, for everyone to finally calm down, and actually pay attention to the only thing that matters when you’re behind the wheel! Driving!! Hope they hit this hard-line!
We need the police in this valley to also follow the same rules. I can’t tell you how often I see police officers driving around town while talking on personal cell phones
You don’t know what they’re doing! Maybe they’re on a code 2? Who knows? You don’t! You take care of your business, they’ll take care of theirs! MYOB! ?