At some point in your life, you’ve surely seen yourself in the situation of driving, receiving a notification on your iPhone and being tempted to see what the fuss is about. In case it was important. Maybe you even picked up the phone and in some cases even answered the message that came your way. It is a serious offense and, what is more important, a risk to your life and the lives of others. Today we tell you What can you deal with in these cases?.
200 dollars and six points
When you use your iPhone to drive, you stop paying attention to the road and everything around you. Okay, it’s only a few seconds, and you have very good reflexes, but that’s exactly the same as everyone who uses it thinks, and distracted driving are the main cause of accidents in USA
The new traffic law that came into force last year increased the penalty for such cases. Before it was 200 dollars and three points, and now it’s gone to six. You don’t have to actually use the phone for your conduct to be sanctioned, you just have to carry it in your hand, so it’s better to leave it somewhere else.
It does not mean that if you wear it on a stand, you can already use it. It is true that the law provides that instead of six points there are three those who are lost in this case, but will continue to be sanctioned and the 200 dollars you will have to pay in exactly the same way. Although you can halve it if you pay as soon as you receive the fine.
The important thing is not the fine —which also—, it’s putting your life and that of others in danger
Anyway, the phone can be used for many things while we are driving. It is simply necessary to ensure that this does not prevent the driver from “maintaining his own freedom of movement, the necessary field of vision and permanent attention to driving”, as specified in article 13.2 of this law.
We can talk hands-free, listen to music, radio, podcasts, use it with Maps, etc. Of course, we have to make sure that it will not pose a danger to us or to the rest of the people who are on the road at the time. Here there is a certain factor of individual responsibility
Road accidents are very serious. Especially in USA, which is a country whose main industry is tourism and where there are more road trips than normal precisely for this reason. Caution is always advised in these cases. Not so much for our pocket —which also—, but for our safety and that of others. Anyway, now you know the punishment you can face in case you use your iPhone while driving.
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