New Jersey bill aims to ban driver's use of GPS while driving

**Jason** · 06-22-2009, 07:55 AM

It is already illegal to manually use a cell phone for texting or calling while driving in New Jersey. A state legislator has aimed at the next in-car distraction: GPS devices. Democratic Assemblyman Harvey Smith wants a ban on manually programming GPS devices while driving. You would need to pull over to input your destination, or have a voice-operated unit. Punishment otherwise would be a $100 fine.

Probably every single one of us has had to drive defensively around someone who was obviously not paying attention to their driving. At this point, the question in New Jersey is how many activities are they going to ban? And what makes a GPS unit worse than an MP3 player or those folks who drive with their knees while they eat?

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/06/21/n...while-driving/

**simpswr** · 06-22-2009, 10:21 AM

My GPS talks to me . . I do not have to look at it

**40sondacurb** · 06-22-2009, 12:06 PM

What about people reading maps while driving?

**simpswr** · 06-22-2009, 12:44 PM

. . or picking their nose??

Zealex · 06-22-2009, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by simpswr

My GPS talks to me . . I do not have to look at it

lol

Anyways, I don't see how this could be illegal. My parents drive with GPS and listen to it and when they stop at a red light, they look at the GPS or the passenger tells them were to turn. I don't know anyone who constantly looks at their GPS.

**Drew1369** · 06-22-2009, 04:11 PM

The dumb common sense law is about programing it or physically interacting with it while driving

06-22-2009, 07:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
Jason Faugh a ballagh Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Pasco, FL Posts: 8,460 OS: Windows Vista My System Blog Entries: 2	New Jersey bill aims to ban driver's use of GPS while driving It is already illegal to manually use a cell phone for texting or calling while driving in New Jersey. A state legislator has aimed at the next in-car distraction: GPS devices. Democratic Assemblyman Harvey Smith wants a ban on manually programming GPS devices while driving. You would need to pull over to input your destination, or have a voice-operated unit. Punishment otherwise would be a $100 fine. Probably every single one of us has had to drive defensively around someone who was obviously not paying attention to their driving. At this point, the question in New Jersey is how many activities are they going to ban? And what makes a GPS unit worse than an MP3 player or those folks who drive with their knees while they eat? http://www.autoblog.com/2009/06/21/n...while-driving/ __________________ Posting Tips \| Advice for New People \| Common Fixes \| Agus na damnaithe fágtha gan focal Glaoigh ormsa i measc na naomh

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Drew1369 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 3,406 OS: Win7 Ultimate	Re: New Jersey bill aims to ban driver's use of GPS while driving The dumb common sense law is about programing it or physically interacting with it while driving __________________ We humans have a primal urge to kill because, thanks to natural selection, all the homo sapiens who didn't have a primal urge to kill, were themselves killed. http://obamaclock.org/