"A jurisdiction-wide ban on driving while talking on a hand-held
cellphone is in place in 8 states (California, Connecticut, Maryland,
New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Utah, and Washington) and the District of
Columbia. Utah has named the offense careless driving. Under the Utah
law, no one commits an offense when speaking on a cellphone unless they
are also committing some other moving violation other than speeding.
Local jurisdictions may or may not need specific state statutory
authority to ban cellphones. Localities that have enacted restrictions
on cellphone use include: Oahu, HI; Chicago, IL; Brookline, MA; Detroit,
MI; Santa Fe, NM; Brooklyn, North Olmstead, and Walton Hills, OH;
Conshohocken, Lebanon, and West Conshohocken, PA; Waupaca County, WI;
and Cheyenne, WY.
The use of all cellphones while driving a school bus is
prohibited in 19 states and the District of Columbia.
The use of all cellphones by novice drivers is restricted in 27
states and the District of Columbia.
Text messaging is banned for all drivers in 28 states and the
District of Columbia. In addition, novice drivers are banned from
texting in 9 states (Alabama, Delaware, Indiana, Maine, Mississippi,
Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, and West Virginia) and school bus drivers are banned from text messaging in 2 states (Oklahoma, and Texas).
The table below shows the states that have cellphone laws, whether they specifically ban text messaging, and whether they are enforced as primary or secondary laws. Under secondary laws, an officer must have some other reason to stop a vehicle before citing a driver for using a cellphone. Laws without this restriction are called primary."
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