# Texting while driving

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**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [July 19, 2007, 6:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/texting-while-driving/32603 "2007-07-19T06:08:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Calico\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/67e7ee/32.png) [@Calico\_Angel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Calico_Angel)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 6:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/texting-while-driving/32603/17 "2007-07-19T06:44:16Z")

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“2. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall operate a motor vehicle upon a public highway _while using a mobile telephone to engage in a call while such vehicle is in motion_. (b) An operator of a motor vehicle who holds a mobile telephone to, or in the immediate proximity of his or her ear while such vehicle is in motion is presumed to be engaging in a call within the meaning of this section. The presumption established by this subdivision is rebuttable by evidence tending to show that the operator was not engaged in a call. © The provisions of this section shall not be construed as authorizing the seizure or forfeiture of a mobile telephone, unless otherwise provided by law.”

I don’t know doesn’t sound like texting is covered to me.  
[http://www.nysgtsc.state.ny.us/phon-vt.htm](http://www.nysgtsc.state.ny.us/phon-vt.htm)

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