Dearborn Residents Discuss New Teen Cell Phone Law
Teens with a temporary drivers permit, or a level 1 or 2 graduated license, will be prohibited from using a cell phone while driving a car under a law that takes effect Thursday.
A new Michigan law, known as "Kelsey's Law" which prohibits teen drivers from using a cell phone while driving a car, goes into to effect today. According to the bill signed into law earlier this year, if any driver with a temporary drivers permit or a level 1 or 2 graduated license - meaning any driver under the age of 17 - is stopped for a moving violation, he or she could be cited with a civil infraction for using a cell phone. Because the violation is a civil infraction, local municipalities will determine the fine. The Dearborn City Council passed an amendment to its Traffic and Motor Vehicle section of the city ordinance on March 19. According to the ordinance, indivduals with a level 1 or 2 graduated license cannot use a telephone …
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Lee Jacobsen
12:32 pm on Friday, March 29, 2013
Technology will fix the problem. Right now, we have 'hands free' phones in newer cars. Eventually they will become older cars, affordable to teens, who will no longer need cell phones to talk or text, as texting is now done verbally as well. A minor detail, the law is almost impossible to enforce unless the officer gets the offender on video. more ›