Posted On: January 1, 2009
California Bans Texting While Driving
In an effort to reduce car accidents due to negligence and inattentiveness, California has made text messaging while driving effective today.
A similar law passed earlier in the year made it illegal to drive while talking on a cellular phone handset.
In a separate law going into effect today, drivers are now allowed to fix GPS navigation units on the bottom left or right corners of the windshield. Under the previous law, it was illegal to mount a navigation system anywhere on the windshield.
