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New drivers in 38 states and DC are not permitted to use cell phones behind the wheel. In the United Kingdom, any phone use while in control of a vehicle (which includes instructing or accompanying a learner driver) without a hands-free system carries a minimum £200 fine and license penalties, including when the vehicle is stationary.
Minnesota has passed legislation requiring school districts and charter schools to adopt policies on student cell phone use and possession by March 2025. However, the law does not specify the nature or scope of these policies. [101] Legislators are now considering a bipartisan bill that bans cell phone use at the state level. [102]
The antennas contained in mobile phones, including smartphones, emit radiofrequency (RF) radiation (non-ionizing "radio waves" such as microwaves); the parts of the head or body nearest to the antenna can absorb this energy and convert it to heat or to synchronised molecular vibrations (the term 'heat', properly applies only to disordered molecular motion).
The typical cell phone user touches his or her phone 2,617 time every day, according to a new study -- and that's just the average user. Research shows we touch our cell phones 2,617 times per day ...
Use technology to your advantage: Most cell phones have free safe driving features that help prevent drivers from using their phones while driving. Apple has Driving Focus, which when activated ...
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
Over 5 billion phones were estimated to be thrown away in 2022, according to the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment forum. Alleviating the environmental cost of smartphones.
The laws regulating driving (or "distracted driving") may be subject to primary enforcement or secondary enforcement by state, county or local authorities. [1]All state-level cell phone use laws in the United States are of the "primary enforcement" type — meaning an officer may cite a driver for using a hand-held cell phone without any other traffic offense having taken place — except in ...