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California Law Outlaws Text Messaging While Driving: Schwarzenegger

Author: Lowell Steiger

Published On: September 24, 2008

Hallelujah! Today Governor Schwarzenegger signed a law making it illegal to text while driving! I continue to rant and rave about this subject because, to me, it’s as plain as the nose on your face that texting while driving is deadly. The latest episode of texting while driving left 25 dead and countless injured in the Metrolink Tragedy of September 12, 2008. Update: 2009 Law Bans Text Messaging while Driving – See Video  Past Rants Metrolink Tragedy: Engineer Rob Sanchez Text Messaging, I’m Outraged! Texting While Driving: Graphic Horror Photos Hands Off Driving Laws Ok’d For Teens 16 and 17 Texting While… Read More

10 Hot Hands Free Devices to Comply With New Hands Free Cell Phone Laws

Author: Lowell Steiger

Published On: July 27, 2008

From practical to stylish, high tech companies worldwide are developing and marketing new hands-free devices to help you comply with the new hands-free cell phone laws in various states in the union.  Being an attorney who represents injured people, I’m thrilled to see the proliferation of these devices.  I can’t tell you how many clients will come to me after a devastating car accident and say “She/he was on the cell phone and didn’t see me.”  It reminds me of a case that I had several years ago where my client was rear-ended by a guy who was watching a… Read More

Cell Phone Laws for 2008: What You Need To Know (and more!)

Author: Lowell Steiger

Published On: June 25, 2008

As you know by now, I’m a great proponent of the new California hands-free law which goes into effect on July 1, 2008. I blogged about it in May: Click Here. A corollary, of course, are my rants and raves about texting while driving: Click here, here, here and here. So, I’ve decided to post (yet again) on this subject and provide several useful links to articles, videos and hands-free equipment vendors below. What to Expect from California’s New Hands-Free Law: The Public Policy Institute of California writes the following press release: Update: 2009 Law Bans Text Messaging while Driving – See Video As of July 1, 2008,… Read More

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