Commonwealth becomes 29th state to outlaw use of handheld devices while driving
  • Mathprogrammer1English
    51·
    6 months ago

    How was this not a law? Does this mean it’s legal in other states?

    • jeffw@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      Just an update I heard on the news this morning: texting was already banned. This expands it to anyone holding their phone. 28 states have phone bans in place.

    • jeffw@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      I imagine that means it is legal, yes. I think maybe some other phone laws are specific to texting and this might be slightly more broad