ARRL Gauging Impact of Revised California Distracted Driving Law

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California has upped its game in cracking down on distracted driving, and radio amateurs there are concerned that a recent revision to the state’s Motor Vehicle Code could affect Amateur Radio mobile operation. The old law, which included an Amateur Radio exemption, already prohibited motorists from using electronic wireless communication devices to write, send, or read a text-based communicati...

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Typical for California, the MOST HIGHLY REGULATED state in the nation. They claim that this is done in the interest of safety but that is the secondary reason. The primary reason is revenue enhancement, plain and simple.

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