Comments on: California’s hands-free law now in effect

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:25:31 +0000

I love to drive past cops juggling. For all you safety law freaks dont worry, I am wearing a helmet!

By: itscrazy

itscrazy — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:33:07 +0000

how about eating greasy drive-through food while driving .. go give out tickets for that too.

By: karen

karen — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:57:57 +0000

The lack of human decency, from LAPD especially, is disturbing.

Given a ticket when I wasn’t even touching the phone, it was hands-free on speaker-phone, on my lap. Anything for money, it’s not really about safety anymore- let’s get real. What about eating while driving? Reading while driving? Putting on make-up? It’s just ridiculous.

This stuff is making people more angry, especially during these hard times, and therefore less safe on the road.

By: c moore

c moore — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:58:48 +0000

i can see texting as being dangerous while driving, as you have to look down to type. but talking on a cell. i started using cell phone in the 90′s, and it’s no different than talking to someone in the back seat. the bottom line is, california needs more money, and this is just another tactic to bring in more revenue. i may get a ticket, and i’ll pay it, but i will continue to talk on a cell phone.

By: lauren

lauren — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:18:18 +0000

I think it is more distracting trying to eat a burger from carl’s jr while driving or driving with a bunch of children in the car than talking on a hand held device….Thank goodness we haven’t allowed the government to control when we can eat and how many children we can have in fear it may cause a car accident. I understand the texting deal but talking on the cell is bull. It’s no more distracting than talking to a passenger or listening to the radio.

By: David Morrison

David Morrison — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 04:22:47 +0000

It’s June 15 ,2011
just got pulled over by an Ca highway patrol,he expand that the reason he pulled me was he saw me on my phone,u know how cops r,u can’t argue with them they think there always right.will I said he was mistaken,because it was scratching my ear an have a bad sun burn an I was pickin the skin off. He just gave me a dirt look an rudly said sign the ticket. Will officer T Wyatt of the California Highway Patrol san Bernardino office see u n court.

By: Ranger Ron

Ranger Ron — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 21:09:17 +0000

It’s about time. Hand held Cell phone use is dangerous.

By: Ariane

Ariane — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:23:06 +0000

My citation cost $151 for my first violation. The court’s so-called administrative fees are a bunch of BS, especially if the ticket itself was suppose to cost $20 – wheres the $130 going? I don’t think it should cost $130 for court administrators to type into the data base that I paid my ticket.
But whatever, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but Americans are lossing our voices and along with that-our privileges.

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:51:45 +0000

The law reads “use” any use even to check the time.

By: Editor

Editor — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:12:57 +0000

Ashlee, the fines for cell phone violations by teens and adults are the same. They are explained in the post’s third paragraph.With court costs you could pay as much as $190.