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MossLake · #1 08-13-2010, 02:15 PM

I received this information today and thought I would share it with all of you!

[SIZE=3]FYI: This law is going to be strictly enforced. Please remember if you happen to be involved in an accident, whether it is your fault or not, and it is determined you were on your hand held cell phone or texting (which can easily be determined) at the time of the accident, the insurance company will deny payment to you.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=3][/SIZE][SIZE=3]http://handsfreeinfo.com/louisiana-cell-phone-laws-legislation[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=3]FYI... NEW CELL PHONE LAW PASSED!!!!![/SIZE]
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[SIZE=3]Louisiana Senate Bill 863: Prohibits texting and handheld cell phone use for all drivers. This does not include hands free operation of mobile phones and use of two way radios. Primary offense. Fines of $175 plus court costs, and then $500 for any other offense. Primary enforcement (primary enforcement status means law officers could stop and cite violators solely for that offense)will begin Sunday, Aug 15, 2010. Please tell all drivers and employees who may be traveling in or thru the State of Louisiana of this new law[/SIZE]

flyphisher · #2 08-13-2010, 04:58 PM

There's no way an insurance company can deny payment on a claim cuz you were on the phone. The ban applies to texting only anyway. I'll make cell phone calls where ever I please.

Besides, I don't think we need more laws, there are already laws that can punish you for distracted driving.

devildog89 · #3 08-13-2010, 05:02 PM

LA Senate Bill 863 pertains to Millenium Port which was passed in 1999.

ShadMan · #4 08-13-2010, 05:22 PM

The cell phone (talking) part is BS, as is the denial of insurance coverage:

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Louisiana: Cell phone laws, legislation

Last updated: August 12, 2010 · Print this report

Cell phone, texting news: A law that upgrades Louisiana’s existing text messaging ban to primary enforcement goes into effect Sunday, Aug. 15. This means police can stop and cite drivers for that violation alone.
Legislation that would have outlawed handheld cell phone use by all drivers again failed in the House in 2010.

Current prohibitions:

Text messaging banned for all drivers. Fines up to $175 (first offense) and then $500. Primary enforcement begins Aug. 15, 2010.
Drivers under 18 years old may not use wireless devices — including cell phones, text-messaging units and computers — while operating motor vehicles. Primary offense as of Aug. 15.
Drivers with learner’s and intermediate licenses prohibited from using cell phones unless a hands-free device is attached.

2010 legislation:
Louisiana Senate Bill 9: Upgrades the existing law prohibiting text messaging to primary enforcement status, meaning law officers can stop and cite violators solely for that offense. Also applies to ban on use of wireless telecommunications devices by youngest drivers. Fines would remain at $175 (first offense) and then up to $500. Insurance company notification of offenses. (Louisiana Act 203)

Salty · #5 08-13-2010, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by flyphisher

There's no way an insurance company can deny payment on a claim cuz you were on the phone. The ban applies to texting only anyway. I'll make cell phone calls where ever I please.

Besides, I don't think we need more laws, there are already laws that can punish you for distracted driving.

Sounds like "*".

Raymond · #6 08-13-2010, 06:47 PM

That is bull$hit, can't happen.
Don't believe every email

ShadMan · #7 08-13-2010, 07:15 PM

Can happen, and probably will in the near future. Just not quite yet.

Salty · #8 08-13-2010, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ShadMan

Can happen, and probably will in the near future. Just not quite yet.

Not soon enough. They should make cell phones so they don't work at all in a cranked vehicle.

ShadMan · #9 08-13-2010, 08:59 PM

To some degree I agree with you, but it's a slippery slope. No cell phones leads to no GPS units, no iPods, no radios, no manual transmissions, then the law states that you must drive with 10 & 2 hand positions, etc. When does it end?

southern151 · #10 08-13-2010, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Salty

Not soon enough. They should make cell phones so they don't work at all in a cranked vehicle.

Of course, someone who came up in the days of horse-drawn buggies would feel this way!

Really, the texting crap needs to end. While good for my business sometimes, more times than not, the extent of damage from the accidents are beyond repair...And so are the people! I can't fix people or their families!

I don't need the business that bad.

Raymond · #11 08-13-2010, 09:24 PM

They can't exclude paying for dwi damage. Legal is as legal does, no way to change contracts or exclude something that has not happened.

Premium Boy Regards

coachlaw · #12 08-15-2010, 10:19 PM

This ain't New York. We still have the freedom to talk on the phone. I do it sometimes, but I prefer to pull over and talk. It really is safer. Texting while driving is just plain stupid.

Big Flounder · #13 08-15-2010, 10:33 PM

I saw a young girl driving on the interstate the other day holding up traffic and had both arms through her steering wheel texting. Not one hand on the wheel but had her arms through it. I wanted to blow the horn and show her she is #1.

Asterisk-Rich · #14 08-15-2010, 11:45 PM

I recently payed a ticket for using my cell phone and operating a vehicle.

flyphisher · #15 08-16-2010, 08:26 AM

I've seen on the road:

women putting on makeup

men putting on makeup

masturbating while driving

reading books

reading newspaper

eating

sex

looking at pron magazines

I used to drive a truck for a living.

The new phones coming out have voice text, so this will not be an issue soon.

jpeff31787 · #16 08-16-2010, 08:32 AM

i read this is daily advertiser...

but if your older than 18, it doesn't apply to you unless you are texting. Nobody can text and drive. But if your older than 18 then you can make phone calls. Thats the way i took it when i read it in the newspaper.