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In response to "Hopefully never." by pmb

I can't remember the last trip in the car I took where I didn't pull out my phone at some point to read, write, or otherwise look at an email/text

Posted by kilbowl full of jelly (aka kkuphal) Dec 15 '09, 08:26

Illegal in IL after the 1st. Plus you can't even talk on the phone in a construction zone

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the last two days I was in NZ were the first two days it was illegal. they cracked down on it hard. - away in a mafic Dec 15, 08:32
Ilegal in CA as of June this year? I think. No one used their cellphone for awhile, but now everyone back to the same 'ol same 'ol. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 15, 08:30 2
- oops, cellphones illegal since July 2008, texting since Jan 2009.... but few people are abiding by it now. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 15, 08:33
- We'll see what happens when budgets come back and hiring of law enforcement resumes -- nm - con_carne Dec 15, 08:32
I'm always tempted to read texts when I'm driving. -- nm - Loyola Dec 15, 08:29
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- It is. It'll be a big change for my habits. I just sent a company wide email about it. We have *alot* of people on the road with Blackberries -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 15, 08:30
illegal here too. i was very glad when that became law. -- nm - Andie Cane Dec 15, 08:26 5
- I just wish they would enforce the texting and phone laws. - pmb Dec 15, 08:32 1
  - Having had a car totaled by someone who was on a cell phone, I feel the same way. -- nm - Callisto Dec 15, 08:33
- me too. - Callisto Dec 15, 08:28
- (and phones are illegal everyone. but i believe hands free is still allowed.) -- nm - Andie Cane Dec 15, 08:27 1
  - every-where. - Andie Cane Dec 15, 08:30

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