So as you all know, California has enacted a law that says you can no longer use your headset while you are driving and you must use a hands free headset if you decide to talk on the phone while driving. Now instead of seeing people driving with the phone on their ear, they use the speakerphone and simply hold it up to their face when they are driving. As a piece of advice, that is just as bad as the latter.

A friend of mine, we can call her Jill, just got pulled over for doing just that, she was holding her phone to her mouth talking to a friend on the freeway using the speaker. She tried to reason that using her speaker is not the same as using the headset on her phone. Apparently, the law specifically states the phone has to be a certain distance from your head, not to mention, it doesn’t really change much if you are still holding the phone while driving. Well anyways, she ended up with a ticket.

Moral of the story, use your hands free headset and if you don’t have one, just don’t talk on the phone while you are driving, most likely it can wait. Be safe and avoid those tickets!