AR Newsline Report 1768 –- July 2, 2011:
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1768 July 2 2011
Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1768 with a release date of Friday, July 2, 2011 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. A New York State representative introduces anti distracted driving legislation in Congress. Will it affect amateur radio? Also, Alberta Canada get a strange exemption from a new distracted driving law set to go into effect this fall, two people are held in connection with the death of a Wisconsin ham, the U-S Supreme Court to review the so-called safe harbor for children broadcasting rule and in the future the time on your clock may vary. Find out what we mean on Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1768 coming your way right now.
RADIO LAW: ANTI DISTRACTED DRIVING MEASURE INTRODUCED IN US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Federal legislation to ban use of handheld phones and other mobile devices while driving has been introduced in the United States House of Representatives. Amateur Radio Newslines Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, reports:
According to published news reports, Representative Carolyn McCarthy of New York said the legislation titled the Safe Drivers Act of 2011 would direct the Department of Transportation to set a national standard to prohibit drivers from using hand-held mobile devices, except in certain emergency situations. The legislation, as now proposed, states a handheld device would at this time not include voice-operated, vehicle-integrated, or hands-free devices that allow an individual to operate that device without the use of either hand - except to activate or deactivate a feature or function.
In addition to developing a national handheld ban, the legislation would also require the Department of Transportation to conduct a study on all aspects of distracted driving. In particular, the study would look at cognitive distraction which involves whether drivers can still be dangerously distracted while using mobile phones even when they are operated with hands-free devices or voice commands.
Within two years of the proposed laws passage, the Department of Transportation would be required to report on its findings and possibly tighten its restrictions even further on the use of all mobile device used in vehicles. States that did not comply with the Federal government's standard within two years would be penalized by having 25% of their federal highway funding withheld.
Its unknown whether or not the use of handheld push-to-talk microphones used by two-way radio users such as police, fire, delivery services, CB operators and hams would be exempted from McCarthy's proposed national ban.
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