Distracted driving update: The Senate gave solid approval to a hands-free bill in early March 2025, sending it on the House. The measure from state Sen. Sara Novak would establish fines of up to $250 for handheld cell phone use and texting. At least 14 Montana cities have adopted laws against electronic distracted driving. They include Missoula, Bozeman, Billings, Helena, Libby, Whitefish, Butte-Silver Bow, Hamilton, Great Falls, Baker and Columbia Falls. Countywide bans are in effect in Butte-Silver Bow and Anaconda-Deer Lodge. Montana is the only state without some kind of texting & … [Read more...]
Hands-free tech: the basics
June 15, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Yes, you'll look like an extra on "Star Trek." No, people will not think you're hip or cutting-edge. In fact, you just may be mistaken for a crazy person. The Bluetooth era has begun in earnest, as California's car culture is forced into buying hands-free devices in order to continue using cellular phones in their vehicles. The California cell phone laws went into effect July 1, 2008. State after state, we'll see drivers confronting the same prohibitions on yakking while motoring. There are, of course, lower-priced options to Bluetooth's 100 percent wireless technology, such as … [Read more...]
Vermont: Cell phone, texting driving laws
January 1, 2008 by 4 Comments
Distracted driving update: Roadway deaths in Vermont remain near peak levels, officials said at the end of 2021. At least 73 people died on the state's streets and highways. Almost half were intoxicated and a third were speeding. A law enforcement official said distracted driving continued to be "a leading cause" of the fatalities. The previous decade's average was 71.5 deaths. A ban on drivers' use of handheld cell phones went into effect in Vermont in fall 2014. First offenders see fines of up to $200 but no points unless the violation occurs in a work zone (2 points vs. driver's … [Read more...]
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