Holding your phone while driving is now illegal in Virginia

Holding your phone while driving is now illegal in Virginia
Holding your phone while driving is now illegal in Virginia
and last updated 2021-01-01 12:08:51-05
RICHMOND, Va. -- A law prohibiting holding a phone while driving in the state of Virginia took effect Friday, the first day of 2021.
The law allows police to pull a driver over for having a phone in their hand and give them a $125 ticket on the first offense, $250 on the second.
Breaking the law in a highway work zone was punishable by a mandatory $250 fine.
"People tend to overestimate how much they can multi-task,” said Emily, a Richmond native who spoke with CBS 6 while walking along Broad Street Friday morning. “I mean driving down the highway on I-95, you can see people looking at their phones. Which is scary because they’re going 70, 75 miles per hour.”

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