What are the laws in the United States governing the use of cell phones while driving?
Matt Sundeen of the National Conference of State Legislatures wrote a 2001 legislative update concerning highway safety and the use of cell phones. Part of the document includes a table relating state laws on cell-phone use while driving. For more recent coverage of state laws governing the use of cell phones while driving, please see the National Conference of State Legislatures’ online Legislative Tracking Database. Select “Cell Phone Issue” in the “Issue” menu. If no particular state is chosen, the database will produce results for all the states for which the database has information.
