Is It Legal to Use Your Phone at a Red Light in New York State?
So you are sitting at a horrifically long red light, stopped. Can you reach for your cell phone to check to see if you have a text or check your email? You re stopped, so it s not illegal, right?
Well, no. At least that is what the cop will tell you who might pull you over to give you a ticket.
According to the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, the following are all considered illegal, when you are behind the wheel of a car, while it is in motion (which includes being at a red light), from the DMV website: