Illinois
Illinois looks to ban ‘Zoom’ calls while driving
Illinois appears to be like to ban Zoom calls whereas driving
The Illinois laws would ban video calls whereas driving, together with streaming movies or scanning social media in your cellphone.
CHICAGO – In the course of the pandemic, a few of us took multitasking to a brand new stage.
Do business from home was Zoom conferences within the automobile. Now, the Illinois Secretary of State is proposing laws that will ban automobile “Zooming”.
“Final yr, over three-thousand individuals died due to distracted drivers. That’s eight individuals a day dying on our roads and highways,” stated Secretary Alexi Giannoulias.
“We wish to create the identical stigma for distracted driving that there’s proper now for drunk driving,” he added.
The laws would ban video calls whereas driving, together with streaming movies or scanning social media in your cellphone.
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Greater than twelve-thousand individuals have been convicted final yr of distracted driving. The laws is being co-sponsored by Chicago space legislators.
Breaking the legislation would lead to a transferring violation ticket and a most advantageous of $75 on the primary offense, $100 on the second offense, $125 on the third offense, and $150 on the fourth and future offenses.
Three transferring violations in a yr would lead to a license suspension.
Below the brand new guidelines, Zoom calls might nonetheless be carried out in transferring autos utilizing a hands-free machine with the video turned off.