# Cell Phones in Cars in PA

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**Post date:** [October 8, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cell-phones-in-cars-in-pa/192896/3 "2007-10-08T13:32:07Z")

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> [@SOLD: 1999 Honda Civic SI (EBP EM1) new pics](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sold-1999-honda-civic-si-ebp-em1-new-pics/32904/6):
>
> Effective November 10, 2007 motorists in  
> the state of Pennsylvania will be prohibited  
> from using handheld mobile telephones while  
> operating a vehicle. The Bill (House Bill No.  
> 1827) amends Title 75 of the Pennsylvania  
> Consolidated Statues and was passed on  
> September 11, 2007.
> 
> The Bill states that “No driver shall operate  
> any moving vehicle on a highway of this  
> Commonwealth, which shall include Federal,  
> State and municipal highways, while using a  
> handheld mobile telephone.”
> 
> The term “handheld mobile telephone” is  
> defined by the bill as:  
> “A mobile telephone other than a  
> hands-free mobile telephone with  
> which a user engages in a call using at  
> least one hand.”
> 
> It also defines hands-free mobile telephone  
> as follows:  
> “A mobile telephone that has an  
> internal feature or function, or that is  
> equipped with an attachment or  
> addition, whether or not permanently  
> part of such mobile telephone, by  
> which a user engages in a call without  
> the use of either hand, whether or not  
> the use of either hand is necessary to  
> activate, deactivate or initiate a  
> function of such telephone.”
> 
> The new law does not apply, however to the  
> following, when on duty and acting in their  
> official capacities:  
> · Law Enforcement Officers  
> · Operators of Emergency Vehicles
> 
> The bill also mentions that defensible actions  
> for the use of a handheld mobile telephone will  
> be:  
> · The driver had reason to fear for the  
> driver’s safety  
> · Reporting a traffic accident  
> · Making a “911” emergency call
> 
> A person who is found to be in violation of  
> this section commits a summary offense and  
> upon conviction, will be sentenced to pay a  
> $50 fine.

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