Which states have made using your cellphone while driving illegal?

If you’ve been keeping your ear partly to news the last couple of weeks you likely know that laws banning talking or texting on your cell phone while driving either have been unleashed or are about to. It’s getting difficult to know which states or cities even allow using your cell phone and which do not. Of course, we all know we should never use our cell phone while operating our motor vehicles. But, we do anyway don’t we?

So how to make any sense of which towns or states allow it so you can stay out of jail? Well, we’ve perked up a way to figure that out pretty easily and that’s by way of the nifty “Governors Highway Safety Association’s Cell Phone Driving Laws” table. It’s very nifty. Basically the Association has listed each state in a table then clearly show what laws apply in that state. Wondering about North Carolina? Scroll down to “N” then and you’ll see if:

• The state has a ban on handhelds
• Are only school bus drivers disallowed from using a cell phone?
• Is text messaging on ban and if so for which kinds of drivers?
• How are the laws enforced? Do you go to the pokey or write a penalty check?

All in all very handy to have. Just don’t check it on your Blackberry, iPhone, or Pre while driving! You can reach this helpful resource at the Governor’s Highway Safety Association link HERE.

(Driving while texting photo courtesy of Irina Slutsky’s photos)