Hands Free

[Jolly]

Or be fined...

https://www.klfy.com/louisiana/louisiana-senate-advances-bill-to-ban-using-cell-phones-on-public-roads-while-driving/

[George K]

@Jolly said in Hands Free:

https://www.klfy.com/louisiana/louisiana-senate-advances-bill-to-ban-using-cell-phones-on-public-roads-while-driving/

The ban would include using social media, sending messages and “engaging in a call” except when using a hands-free device such as a headset or Bluetooth features in the vehicle.

It's been the law in Illinois for a long time.

There have been several studies that demonstrate that hands-free is only marginally safer and ALL cellphone use while driving is equivalent, in impairment, to DUI.

https://evidencebasedliving.human.cornell.edu/policy/the-evidence-on-hands-free-cell-phone-devices-while-driving/

[Jolly]

The technology exists to interfere with your cellphone in the car, at a predetermined speed (commonly set at 5mph). It would still allow a 911 call at any speed.

I'm all for it.

[taiwan_girl]

There was a guy (in CHicago I think), that didnt like people who drove around distracted on their phones. So, he had a cell phone jammer in his car and when he drove around, it disrupted cell phones with a certain radius. I believe he used it on the expressways. He got caught becuase it also interfered with police communications.

EDIT: This isnt the story I was thinking of, but it is similar.
https://lawandcrime.com/crazy/man-charged-for-using-cellphone-jammer-to-get-peace-and-quiet-during-train-commute/

A man in search of some peace and quiet on his commute home is now facing one felony count of unlawful interference with a public utility. Dennis Nicholl, a 63-year-old Chicago man, was arrested after undercover police officers boarded a Red Line train and spotted him with a cellphone jammer amidst reports of disrupted communication by the Chicago Transit Authority and its passengers.