LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The following legislative session in Nevada is about to happen in simply over a month the place state leaders will meet to debate the creation of latest legal guidelines.
A proposed Nevada senate invoice (SB23) would ban teen drivers from speaking on their cell telephones, even when utilizing handsfree programs. Police couldn’t make a handsfree cellphone name the only real cause for a cease, it will be a further advantageous if a teen is caught on the cellphone whereas pulled over.
The advantageous begins at $50 and will increase to $100 for a second offense and $250 for every after.
The regulation would apply drivers underneath the age of 18. Drivers like 15-year-old learner’s allow holder Cole Calleia.
“I think I would disagree because, like, it’s better if it’s handsfree,” Calleia stated. “I get it if it’s on your phone, obviously, and you’re holding it, but if it’s handsfree and you’re talking on it and your eyes on the road, I don’t see a problem with it.”
Calleia stated he has made hands-free cellphone calls prior to now and helps present legal guidelines that prohibit texting and driving or holding a cellphone to make calls.
Driving security specialists like Jeff Payne the founding father of security college Driver’s Edge assist the proposed invoice — however it’s sophisticated.
“The fact that anyone’s trying to do anything to try to make our roads safer and teens safer, I mean, that’s a good thing,” Payne stated. “There’s no negative whatsoever. The reality is though, will it really affect anything”
Payne defined {that a} advantageous in all probability will not cease teenagers from making cellphone calls behind the wheel. He stated a very powerful option to defend teen drivers is thru schooling from lecturers like Payne, however extra importantly, dad and mom.
“The safest way to make a phone call is you pull over and make your phone call so you can focus on that and you’re safe on the road. And that’s with the teens especially. That’s what they should do when they drive. They should be focused on driving,” Payne stated.
If accepted the regulation might go into impact in July, however first it must be accepted by Nevada lawmakers.
The Nevada legislature goes into session on Feb. 3, 2025.
