California updates laws regarding distracted driving and street racing
IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - The State of California has updated laws regarding distracted driving and street racing.
In a ruling, which went into effect on earlier this month, drivers cannot hold a phone while driving, text, scroll or browse apps and watch or record videos.
However, drivers are allowed to mount their phone on a dashboard or windshield when using a GPS, use voice commands or Bluetooth and operate your phone with a single tap or slide when it's mounted.
At the same time, there will be an update to the state's street racing and sideshow laws.
Starting next Tuesday, July 1, courts in the state may order a persons driver's license to be suspended for 90 day to six months "for an exhibition of speed, or aiding and abetting an exhibition of speed, if the violation occurred as part of a sideshow," according to CalMatters.
