{"id":130,"date":"2008-10-08T10:26:43","date_gmt":"2008-10-08T17:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/law.onecle.com\/?p=130"},"modified":"2008-10-08T10:26:43","modified_gmt":"2008-10-08T17:26:43","slug":"using-a-cell-phone-while-driving-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/08\/using-a-cell-phone-while-driving-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Using a Cell Phone While Driving in California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just over three months ago, California started prohibiting the use of cell phones while driving.  However, the law allowed drivers 18 and over to use a cell phone provided that they also used a hands-free device.  So, I was quite surprised to see other drivers talking on cell phones these past few days.  You can&#8217;t miss the unmistakeable sign:  right hand glued to the right ear while driving.  This morning, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.PaloAltoOnline.com\/news\/show_story.php?id=9574\">Palo Alto Online<\/a> reported that the CHP had cited over 20,000 drivers for talking on a cell phone.  Although the base fine is $20, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/cellularphonelaws\/index.htm\">DMV<\/a> states that &#8220;[w]ith the addition of penalty assessments, the fine can be more than triple the base fine amount.&#8221;  In these times of financial crisis, we can thank our fellow drivers for chipping in an extra $400,000 &#8211; $1,200,000 to help out the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just over three months ago, California started prohibiting the use of cell phones while driving. However, the law allowed drivers 18 and over to use a cell phone provided that they also used a hands-free device. So, I was quite surprised to see other drivers talking on cell phones these past few days. You can&#8217;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[114],"tags":[43,44,61],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}