{"id":104,"date":"2016-06-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/new-york-law-on-distracted-driving-passengers-for-junior-drivers\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:28:53","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:28:53","slug":"new-york-law-on-distracted-driving-passengers-for-junior-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-law-on-distracted-driving-passengers-for-junior-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"New York law on distracted driving, passengers for junior drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last time, we began looking at the issue of distracted driving and recent research underscoring the extent of the problem among teen drivers. As we noted, states have sought to address the problem not only by passing laws limiting cell phone use among drivers, particularly novice drivers, but also by limiting teen driver\u2019s freedom to have peer passengers in the vehicle with them.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.distraction.gov\/stats-research-laws\/state-laws.html\" target=\"_blank\">Distraction.gov<\/a>, New York prohibits both texting while driving and all handheld use of a cell phone while driving. Both of these laws are primary laws, meaning they can be enforced without a police officer witnessing any other violations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>New York law is actually stricter than many states, where handheld use of a cell phone is not banned or perhaps is only banned for certain classes of drivers. This means it is still legal for drivers in New York to talk while driving, provided they are using voice-operated system. The fact that it is legal, of course, does not make it safe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-law-on-distracted-driving-passengers-for-junior-drivers\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading New York law on distracted driving, passengers for junior drivers\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last time, we began looking at the issue of distracted driving and recent research underscoring the extent of the problem among teen drivers. As we noted, states have sought to address the problem not only by passing laws limiting cell phone use among drivers, particularly novice drivers, but also by limiting teen driver\u2019s freedom to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-accidents","tag-car-accidents"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New York law on distracted driving, passengers for junior drivers &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; June 7, 2016<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"New York law on distracted driving, passengers for junior drivers - Car Accidents - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-law-on-distracted-driving-passengers-for-junior-drivers\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"New York law on distracted driving, passengers for junior drivers &#8212; 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