New York – State police are launching a fifth installment of “Operation Hang Up,” a four-day enforcement effort on the New York State Thruway aimed at motorists who violate the state’s ban on the use of hand-held cell phones while driving.
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Troop T, the state police division that covers the Thruway, issued 879 tickets to violators of the cell phone law during the four-day “Operation Hang Up” last spring. Members of Troop T issued 8,172 tickets during all of last year for cell phone scofflaws.
The crackdown is in effect Monday through Thursday.
Violators who are ticketed face a maximum fine of $100 and a mandatory $60 surcharge. It is also illegal in New York state to text message, surf the Internet or play computer games while driving. The maximum fine is $150.
What does it take to get people to get off their phones while driving 70 – 80 mph. Distracted driving leads to problems.
i was a driver for nbc-universal some 10 years ago when i got one while i was double parket at 30 rock…. easiest i remember a fast $75. ticket
3:15 am no such thing as a seatbelt law for a towncar.
“State law prohibits the use of a hand-held cellphones while driving except to call 911. The maximum fine is $100 plus a $60 surcharge. Texting or Internet use on a hand-held device while driving is also illegal in New York and carries a maximum fine of $150.”
What could be clearer than that? No ifs, no buts. But above all, NO PILPUL!
I agree about the law but this cop that gives the ticket will be the one talking on the cell phone himself hand held no headphones.
To #2 -
What are you talking about? Are you saying that you shouldn’t wear a seat belt while driving a Lincoln Town Car, and shouldn’t be ticketed for that offense?