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Do know anyone who got a ticket for Distracted Driving
NCSL's Power BI Distracted Driving charts provide a detailed overview of current laws in all 50 states and the District of Columbia:
Handheld cellphone use ban: 29 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands prohibit all drivers from using handheld cellphones while driving.
Ohio prohibits handheld cell phone or electronic device use while driving. However, drivers are still allowed to swipe their phones to answer calls and hold them to their ears during a conversation.
All cellphone ban: No state bans all cellphone use for all drivers, but 36 states and the District of Columbia ban all cellphone use by novice or teen drivers, and 20 states and D.C. prohibit any cellphone use for school bus drivers.
Text messaging ban: 49 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands ban text messaging for all drivers.
Other states prohibit handheld cellphone or all cellphone use by all or certain drivers in certain zones.
NCSL's Power BI Distracted Driving charts provide a detailed overview of current laws in all 50 states and the District of Columbia:
Handheld cellphone use ban: 29 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands prohibit all drivers from using handheld cellphones while driving.
Ohio prohibits handheld cell phone or electronic device use while driving. However, drivers are still allowed to swipe their phones to answer calls and hold them to their ears during a conversation.
All cellphone ban: No state bans all cellphone use for all drivers, but 36 states and the District of Columbia ban all cellphone use by novice or teen drivers, and 20 states and D.C. prohibit any cellphone use for school bus drivers.
Text messaging ban: 49 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands ban text messaging for all drivers.
Other states prohibit handheld cellphone or all cellphone use by all or certain drivers in certain zones.