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The laws regulating driving (or "distracted driving") may be subject to primary enforcement or secondary enforcement by state, county or local authorities. [1]All state-level cell phone use laws in the United States are of the "primary enforcement" type — meaning an officer may cite a driver for using a hand-held cell phone without any other traffic offense having taken place — except in ...
The NHTSA considers distracted driving to include some of the following as distractions: other occupants in the car, eating, drinking, smoking, adjusting radio, adjusting environmental control, reaching for object in car, and cell phone use. In 2009 in the US, there was a reported 5,474 people killed by distracted drivers.
Kids may no longer be allowed to whip out cellphones to type essays, operate calculators, make videos or text their parents from school starting this school year in some parts of the U.S.
Students are required to honor the request of classroom teachers and school staff to remove such a device from their person to prevent distractions or to prevent potential academic dishonesty in ...
Regarding, "Students at local school see upside to ban on cellphones," (April 23): When I was a student, passing notes was not allowed. It was a distraction from our task at hand. It was a ...
Minnesota has passed legislation requiring school districts and charter schools to adopt policies on student cell phone use and possession by March 2025. However, the law does not specify the nature or scope of these policies. [101] Legislators are now considering a bipartisan bill that bans cell phone use at the state level. [102]
Texting while driving creates unnecessary distractions, and can be dangerous. Texting while driving, also called texting and driving, is the act of composing, sending, or reading text messages on a mobile phone while operating a motor vehicle.
Gov. Newsom signed the Phone-Free Schools Act into law. It requires California school districts to draft policies restricting or banning student cellphone use.