re: Louisiana bill to ban cell phones while driving advances to House

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I'm assuming this one goes beyond just texting and driving. It probably includes zero use of a cell phone unless it is hands free.

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The bill text is here: LINK

It was already against the law to use a phone in a school zone. This bill seems to ban any handheld phone use while driving, regardless of location.

That being said, the bill says that cops can only pull you over for it if it happens in a school zone. Otherwise, it’s just a secondary offense (i.e. they can add it to your ticket if you get pulled over for something else).

Other notes:
- The bill appears to ban basically any handheld usage of a device, whether that’s calling, texting, browsing TD, whatever.
- The bill does not ban handsfree usage. Although it does seem to ban any “manual entry” of names or numbers.

Seems like it’s probably a good thing. But also seems unlikely to change anything considering they can’t pull you over for it unless in a school zone (which they can do now).