11/30/07-Rep. Tom Burch, D-Louisville, has filed a bill for consideration during the 2008 session that would ban hand-held cell phone use while driving. Talking on a phone equipped with a “hands-free” device would still be permitted.
The bill would make it a secondary offense to drive while using a hand-held phone – meaning a person would have to be pulled over for another violation before they could be ticketed for talking on the phone. First-time offenders would receive warnings. Repeat offenders would face fines between $20 and $100.
Emergency calls and use of CBs would be exempted.