Cell Phone & Driving Issues/Laws

utah UT Cell Phone Laws: Legislation for laws requiring hands free cell phone usage are going in effect all over the USA! Ironically, it has been proven headsets often increase radiation exposure when not  shielded or used properly.

State	Sponsor and Party Affiliation	Status	Date Added
			Date Modified
utah	Bill Number: HB 67		Inactive
Makes inattentive driving an infraction with a fine. Provides for secondary enforcement of violation. Cell phone use while driving is included in the definition of inattentive driving.	Rep. Kory Holdaway (R)	Introduced January 21, 2002. From House Committee on Rules, reported favorably as amended January 23, 2002. To House Transportation Committee January 23, 2002. Reported favorably as amended from House Transportation Committee January 29, 2002. Defeated in House February 7, 2002 by 44-27 vote.	Wed, January, 23, 2002
			Wed, February, 13, 2002
utah	Bill Number: HB 194		Active
Prohibits inattentive driving. Inattentive driving means operating a motor vehicle while the drivers duties are divided from the safe operation of a vehicle by use of a phone, computer, fax machine, personal hygiene, eating or drinking, physically attending to a passenger, observing a television. Secondary enforcement provision.	Rep. Chad Bennion (R)	Prefiled December 11, 2001. Introduced January 21, 2002. From House Rules Committee reported favorably as substituted February 25, 2002. To House Committee on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice. From House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee reported favorably February 28, 2002.	Tue, January, 08, 2002
			Tue, March, 05, 2002