Driving While Handling Cell Phone GPS Ruled Illegal in California Court

A California court has ruled that handling a GPS feature on your phone while driving is illegal.

Steven Spriggs was the defendant in the court case and was pulled over for operating his vehicle while using his cellphone’s GPS feature.

The ruling said that without a handsfree method of using the GPS, the action would be seen as illegal as texting while driving.

The following is an excerpt from the California v. Spriggs ruling:

This case requires us to determine weather using a wireless phone solely for its map application function while driving violates Vehicle Code section 23123. We hold that it does.

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