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In today’s day and age of cell phone use, most states are now enacting laws that require cell phone users to use hands-free products while they are using their cell phones. This will only help drivers utilize their cell phones while driving in the safest way possible. The easiest way to be a law-abiding citizen is to make sure you have a Bluetooth headsets or Bluetooth speaker phone in your car. This will allow you to talk on the phone, but at the same time, allow you to concentrate on the road.

California is one of the biggest states in the union and their highway patrol has created a list of Frequently Asked Questions so drivers in the state of California are able to determine what the law is and how to abide by that law. Click here to view a list of FAQs provided by the California Highway Patrol.

Also, below is a chart outlining how each state within the union is legislating these new laws.

State Distracted Driving Laws

State	LAWS
	City or State Specific Laws	Text Messaging Ban	Statewide Hand-held Cell Phone Ban	Teen Driver Ban on Cell Phones	Distracted/ Negligent Driving	Data Collection	Distracted Driving Study	State Preemption on Cell Phones	School Bus Driver Ban on Cell Phones
Arizona
Arkansas
California	Rental Cars must be equipped with safe operating instructions for cell phones		(eff. 7/1/08)
Colorado	The teen driver cell phone ban is secondarily enforced.
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida	The teen driver cell phone banis secondarily enforced.
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois	Drivers are banned from using hand-held cell phones.
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan	Detroit drivers are banned from using hand-held cell phones
Minnesota
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico	Santa Fe drivers are banned from using hand-held cell phones.
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
TOTAL (includes DC)		2	6	18	3	22	8	9	14