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AUGUSTA - Drivers who get distracted while using their cell phones, putting on makeup, arguing - or anything else - and who break traffic laws or get into accidents, can be ticketed by police starting Saturday.
The new distracted driver law that takes effect Sept. 12 allows police to ticket inattentive drivers for failure to maintain control of a motor vehicle. A distracted driver is someone doing or using something "that actually impairs, or would reasonably be expected to impair, the ability of the person to safely operate the vehicle," the law states.See the full content of this document
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Police to Target Distracted Drivers
"Eating, drinking, arguing, talking on the phone, texting - anything that is not necessary to the operation of the vehicle" can be deemed distracting, Lt. Christopher Grotton, director of the...
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