# US City Completely Bans All Cell Phone Use While Driving

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [March 28, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-city-completely-bans-all-cell-phone-use-while-driving/263166 "2012-03-28T13:17:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-city-completely-bans-all-cell-phone-use-while-driving/263166/4 "2012-03-28T14:46:56Z")

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> [@Geocities, again.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/geocities-again/48865/3):
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> it will do nothing, every time you get pulled over just say it was your spouse on the other line.
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> and ny has banned texting and non-hands-free calling for a long time, and it hasn’t made a change. everyone still does it, including me.

Using a cellphone in a car is now a 3 point moving violation in NY.

Same as leaving a scene of property damage, minimal points for speeding, speeding in a workzone, failure to obey a traffic control device etc…

Pretty damn hefty.

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