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,â said Emily, a Richmond native who spoke with CBS 6 while walking along Broad Street Friday morning. âI mean driving down the highway on I-95, you can see people looking at their phones. Which is scary because theyâre going 70, 75 miles per hour.â