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Originally Posted by A1R3K
it IS NOT illegal to text and drive. they had a chp officer that was on a popular radio show here in l.a. on monday and he was blown away that they cannot enforce someone texting. he flat out said they are instructed to pull people over for the phone to their ear. the show host asked him about texting and he said flat out it is NOT illegal to text and you can have your phone in your hand pressing all the buttons you want as long as it is not to your ear. to me that kinda defeats hands free, but the officer said its true. this law does not protect anyone. the most dangerous thing is texting yet you wont get a citation for it. sucks actually. some dumb bitch nearly smacked me yesterday on the 118 while trying to text and drive. stupid broad.
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The problem is, as an officer, how do you differentiate between someone scrolling through the contacts, dialing a number or texting? This is why they can not ticket you for texting because they can not prove that is what you were doing when they pulled you over.
