INDIANA HANDS FREE CELLPHONE LAW

INDIANA HANDS FREE CELLPHONE LAW

Phone while a hands free law will go into effect on july first.... lawmakers are hoping this will lead to less crashes across the state..... at the end of the day - the rule is not meant to protect a distracted driver.... it meant to protect their potential victims.... (sot: in state rep.

Jim pressel/r-district 20)?people are on their ipads.

They are watching youtube videos, you can concentrate on what around you, you can even focus on what around you when you were looking at that screen?

Now - any time you have a phone or other device in your hand while youe vehicle is running - you will be breaking the law.... if you do - you could be faced with a class c infraction.... and don think you can get away with a quick text at a stoplight - that's considered a distraction as well.... (sot: sheriff john boyd/laporte county sheriff office?and it actually sometimes causes a road rage incident where people get so impatient because they are behind that person that won move?

If fined - you could pay anywhere from 25 to 500 dollars - depending on the prosecutor.... that -- hopefully works as a deterrent for texting and driving - and not just a revenue generating tool for the state.... president donald trump and