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Mixing California's New Driving Law and Technology: A Recipe for Disaster

By Neil Shouse, Esq.

One of 2010?s new California driving laws relates to television and broadcast signals. Known as California Assembly Bill 62, this law allows you to drive with a television or video monitor as long as the equipment prevents the driver from watching the screen while operating the car in ?a safe and reasonable manner?. However, automakers and high-tech companies are about to introduce their newest developments?like 10-inch screens above the gearshift showing high-definition videos, 3-D maps, and Web pages directly to the driver. These ?infotainment systems? will hit the market this year and are expected to be ?standard? features before long. So how will California?s new law jive with this new technology? In all honesty, probably in a slew of tickets and an increase in accidents...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blogger on January 11, 2010 (boomark / email).