{"id":2893,"date":"2017-02-24T03:29:02","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T03:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/garyschertz.x10host.com\/missionpediatrics\/?p=2137"},"modified":"2017-02-24T03:29:02","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T03:29:02","slug":"2137","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionpediatrics.x10.bz\/kidshealth\/2017\/02\/24\/2137\/","title":{"rendered":"Cell Phones &#038; Driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dmv.org\/ca-california\/safety-laws.php#Cell-Phones-amp-Driving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2139\" src=\"http:\/\/missionpediatrics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/cell-300x253.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CLICK ON IMAGE TO LEARN MORE<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, California has adopted several laws pertaining to the operation of a motor vehicle while using wireless communication devices.\u00a0The <b>Wireless Communications Device Law<\/b> states <b>NO DRIVER<\/b> in California may <b>write<\/b>, <b>send<\/b>, or <b>read text messages<\/b> while behind the wheel. Drivers <b><u>MAY<\/u><\/b> utilize a \u201c<b>hands-free device<\/b>&#8221; <b><u>UNLESS<\/u><\/b> they are under 18 years old, but certain <a class=\"mid-link intPage\" href=\"http:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1785\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hands-free device restrictions<\/a> apply.<\/p>\n<p>If you are caught breaking these laws, you will be charged the following BASE FINES:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st offense: $20.<\/li>\n<li>2nd offense and subsequent convictions: $50.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to these base fines, you can expect <b>penalty assessments<\/b> that can bring your overall cost to more than 3 times the amount of your base fine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLICK ON IMAGE TO LEARN MORE In recent years, California has adopted several laws pertaining to the operation of a motor vehicle while using wireless communication devices.\u00a0The Wireless Communications Device Law states NO DRIVER in California may write, send, or read text messages while behind the wheel. Drivers MAY utilize a \u201chands-free device&#8221; UNLESS they &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":[],"categories":[57,58,60,61,62],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionpediatrics.x10.bz\/kidshealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2893"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionpediatrics.x10.bz\/kidshealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionpediatrics.x10.bz\/kidshealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionpediatrics.x10.bz\/kidshealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionpediatrics.x10.bz\/kidshealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/missionpediatrics.x10.bz\/kidshealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionpediatrics.x10.bz\/kidshealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionpediatrics.x10.bz\/kidshealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionpediatrics.x10.bz\/kidshealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionpediatrics.x10.bz\/kidshealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}