By the numbers: Year one of handheld ban in Massachusetts — pandemic priorities strain policing new policy
Distracted driving: Local cops say pandemic ‘masked over’ new hands-free law
— The Patriot Ledger, February 16, 2021
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Handheld ban on driver’s use of devices go live in Idaho and Indiana
Idaho:
Hands-free only: Idaho’s new law on cellphone use while driving takes effect July 1
— Idaho Statesman, June 29, 2020
Indiana:
Put down the phone: Indiana law banning hand-held devices while driving goes into effect today
— South Bend Tribune, July 1, 2020
Educational grace period ends in Massachusetts, distracted drivers violating handheld ban can be ticketed and fined
Police to start issuing fines for violating Massachusetts hands-free driving law
— Boston Herald, April 1, 2020
Indiana Gov. Holcomb signs handheld ban into law — enforcement begins in July
New Indiana law imposes $500 fine for holding phone while driving
— The Times of Northwest Indiana, March 19, 2020
Grace period over for drivers in NSW caught by cameras — violators of handheld ban can expect five demerit points and at least a $344 fine
Drivers facing heavy fines if caught using a mobile phone by hidden cameras
— 9News, February 28, 2020
Canadians rank distracted driving as biggest threat when it comes to road deaths, especially mobile-use: Research
40% of Canadians say distracted driving No. 1 threat of car deaths: survey
— Toronto Sun, February 26, 2020
Beyond law enforcement, preventing distracted driving is ‘going to require cultural change and that’s why we want to engage the Hollywood community, again.’
New Massachusetts Distracted Driving Bill Takes Effect This Weekend
— “Under The Radar,” WGBH, February 21, 2020
Should Saskatchewan’s steep, escalating, fines for violating handheld ban be available to being worked-off if it otherwise means losing between a tenth to a fifth of income?
Saskatchewan’s new distracted driving fines disproportionately punish people in poverty: professor
— Global News, February 21, 2020