Battle Creek City Commissioners exceeded a brand new ordinance Tuesday banning drivers from handling a cellular telephone whilst an automobile is in motion. This will allow local cops to forestall any drivers they see with a cellphone in their fingers.
Under the brand new rule, drivers can nevertheless use a GPS and speak right into a hooked-up telephone, so long as they are now not bodily using it behind the wheel.
Violators may be hit with a $one hundred best for the primary offense and a $two hundred best after that. The new ordinance is going into impact on Feb. 15.