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Using a handheld cell phone while driving is illegal in 12 states, but now the largest of those is clarifying its law. California drivers can now look at maps on mobile devices while driving. This week a state appeals court ruled in favor of a man who was fined $165 for checking a map on his iPhone while stuck in traffic. The court said the California ban on cell phones applies to people listening and talking, not using their phones in other ways. Those other ways cannot include texting – a separate California law bans texting and driving.

 

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Martha DeGrasse
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Martha DeGrasse is the publisher of Network Builder Reports (nbreports.com). At RCR, Martha authored more than 20 in-depth feature reports and more than 2,400 news articles. She also created the Mobile Minute and the 5 Things to Know Today series. Prior to joining RCR Wireless News, Martha produced business and technology news for CNN and Dow Jones in New York and managed the online editorial group at Hoover’s Online before taking a number of years off to be at home when her children were young. Martha is the board president of Austin's Trinity Center and is a member of the Women's Wireless Leadership Forum.