Drivers are scheduled to be hit with fines worth $ 50 within days, when a new law enters into force that will obtain police men watching a manual position.
The difficult new rule begins on June 5 under the law that was in the process of preparation.
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Known as Paul Miller Law, drivers in Pennsylvania will be punished to drive attention even if their car is fixed.
It is imposed after a young man was killed in a crash that included a dispersed truck driver in Monroe County, about 100 miles from Philadelphia.
Paul Miller Junior, 21, died in 2010 when a tractor driver arrived in a phone and plowed in Toyota Corolla.
Therefore, as of June 5, drivers can no longer download a phone while operating a vehicle, even when it stops at a traffic light or in a line of cars.
If they are arrested, they will be hit with a fine of $ 50 in addition to administrative fees and administrative fees.
The only exceptions for emergency calls 911 or if the device is connected to Bluetooth or audio aid.
The Ministry of Transport in Pennsylvania says the goal is to reduce dispersed leadership, which still causes thousands of accidents.
“In 2023 alone, dispersed leadership was martyred in more than 11,200 accidents. This is more than alcohol -related incidents, and he contributed to an increase of 2.25 percent in the total traffic deaths.”
His mother, Eileen Miller, said, “She is very emotional,” after she and her husband, Paul, fought for more than a decade to make the legislators act.
And it came from the bill signed by the ruling Shapiro last year: “It says that this law may be referred to as the Paul Miller Law.”
“I never thought that it would take more than 12 years to get this legislation when all our neighboring countries have it. But I cut this promise,” Eileen added.
She promised her son that she would press for change after the tragedy.
The truck driver has served only 17 months of the prison sentence for three years.
“Frankly, it is a legislation to save life. We all know that when you drive the car on the road and when you have this phone in your hand, you get your eyes out of this road,” said Eileen.
What determines “dispersed leadership”?
Distinguished leadership claims live every year in the country, and can be prevented by 100 %
However, many drivers assume that dispersed driving is limited to using their phones while behind the wheel.
While using a phone for text messages, calling, sending emails, passing through social media, or making video calls or accepting it is illegal at the country level, other behaviors can be dispersed – dangerous.
Other behaviors spend drivers:
- Radio or GPS
- Makeup application in the edge mirrors
- Eating and drinking, as it takes one or each of them from the wheel
- Access to the back seat to seize personal things
- It is released through a wallet, glove box or a central console
Fortunately, the distracted driving can be prevented. Here are some tactics installed to survive focused:
- Put your phone in “non -inconvenience” or “driving mode”, because it temporarily stops the notifications, but it will pay a call or a text if it is urgent
- If it is difficult to avoid distraction, put the phone in a safe place, such as a wallet, a glove box, a central console, or a rear seat
- If there is a need to send or make a text message or a call
- Give the phone to one of the passengers when it is applied to send a text or make a call
- To be a role model – the practice of safe driving in front of impressive passengers helps
Source: National Administration for Highway Traffic Safety, Ministry of Transport in Connecticut
Eileen prompted a full ban on all mobile phone uses behind the wheel.
“This is not exactly what I wanted. But just getting this phone out of the hand is so important that it was my main goal,” she said.
Miller says their work was not accomplished, and they will continue to fight in Paul's memory.
They want more stringent laws to make roads safer for everyone.
There will be a one -year grace period as a stage for Paul Miller's officials, during which the first perpetrators will receive warnings instead of tickets.
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