State Cell Phone Use and Texting While Driving Laws. March 2016 This chart outlines state distracted driving laws. Some localities have additional regulations. Enforcement type is shown in parenthesis. Hand-held Cell Phone Use: 14 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands prohibit all drivers from using hand-held cell phones while driving. All are primary enforcement laws—an officer may cite a driver for using a hand-held cell phone without any other traffic offense taking place. Crash Data Collection: Nearly all states include at least one category for distraction on police crash report forms, although the specific data collected varies.
Preemption Laws: Some states have preemption laws that prohibit local jurisdictions from enacting their own distracted driving bans. NOTE: GHSA does not compile any additional data on distracted driving laws other than what is presented here. 1 Arkansas also bans the use of hand-held cell phones while driving in a school zone or in a highway construction zone. National Safety Council. The Risk Management Society - Know Risk? | Know RIMS. The Association for Risk Professionals.
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