New Illinois laws for 2010 include no texting while driving - chicagotribune.com
Nearly 300 new laws taking effect with the new year, ranging from ethics reforms in the wake of ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich's ouster to how credit card companies can market on college campuses...
"A state law that takes effect today also bans checking e-mail, updating Facebook and Web surfing while driving, though using your phone's GPS is still OK."
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WHAT? Why is using your little phone's GPS still OK? Oh, and here's a doozy: A related new law makes it illegal for drivers to use cell phones in school or construction zones, unless they are are the hands-free variety. (State Journal-Register)
Wouldn't it have been better to just completely ban the use of cell phones while driving? What do you think?
~ John
More News Links:
New Illinois laws to take effect today (stltoday.com)
Hundreds of new laws take effect Friday (sj-r.com)
New texting-while-driving laws take effect today
Cops say they're taking it seriously (southtownstar.com)
Details on the new laws are available at http://ilga.gov.
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