New York – The much talked about Siri application on the new iPhone 4S is causing some confusion with state texting and driving laws.
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Siri can be used to dictate text messages without typing or can even read incoming texts aloud.
So does that still count as texting and driving?
Cerro Gordo, IA County Sheriff Kevin Pals says it’s a fine line, but as long as your aren’t using the phone in your hands it’s legal.
But he adds anything that is a distraction should not be used anyways.
Sounds like a distraction to me.
i would suggest those people too busy with their I Phone,should not drive cars. they should drive I phones & talk to cars to be on the safe side.
The law is “you cannot have a mobile device in your hand”…
Cerro Gordo, IA County Sheriff Kevin Pals says it’s a fine line, but as long as your aren’t using the phone in your hands it’s legal.
Why is a sheriff interpreting the law instead of merely enforcing it!?
Most jurisdictions have statues that empower an officer under general law to ticket someone driving distracted. Distraction is subjective and an officer could ticket a Siri user even if under the specific text driving objective laws the driver would be exempt.