Confusion over California's hands-free cellphone law & GPS

  The complex California law on hands free cellphone use & GPS confuses me!
http://www.mercurynews.com/mr-roadshow

Specifically:
http://www.mercurynews.com/traffic/ci_17883069

"Some officers say it's OK to play some music from your phone if it's
done quickly. But most -- though not all -- say using the phone's GPS
function is not legal if the phone is held in the hand.

"The GPS thing is goofy," said Phil Fernandez, 50, of Palo Alto, the CEO
of a San Mateo software company. "Why can I use the GPS that's built into
my dashboard, or a dedicated portable GPS device, but not Google Maps on
my iPhone? These laws should be clarified and made consistent."

PS: It's illegal in California to mount your GPS in most of the
windshield areas. I wonder if any other state has such goofy laws?

  Why can't we be sensible and ban all electronic toys from cars, even
radios?  Driving a car is the most dangerous thing we
do - it should not be fun.

  On Sep 12, 9:27=A0am, Car Crashes Mean Car Sales - GM loves highway

Driving a car while having sex is much more dangerous, and more fun!

jg
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 Per jgar the jorrible:

Dunno about the fun factor, but Teddy Prendergast can probably
testify about the danger.
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Pete Cresswell

 wrote:


Ahh yes. Good ol Teddy.

Warning: It's Eddie Murphy, so language warning.
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 On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:34:30 -0700 (PDT), jgar the jorrible wrote:


I believe that California law requires sex while driving to be hands
free.

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)