| − | *[[California]], [[Connecticut]], [[Washington, D.C.|District of Columbia]], [[New York]], [[New Jersey]] and, beginning July 2008, [[Washington]].<ref>http://www.komotv.com/news/local/7470007.html</ref> | + | *[[California]], [[Connecticut]], [[Washington, D.C.|District of Columbia]], [[New York]], [[New Jersey]] and, beginning July 2008, [[Washington]]<ref>http://www.komotv.com/news/local/7470007.html</ref> ban the use of hand-held cell phones while driving. |
| | *[[Illinois]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Michigan]], [[New Mexico]], [[Ohio]], and [[Pennsylvania]] permit local municipalities to ban handheld cell phone use. Localities that have already done this include: Chicago, IL; Brookline, MA; Detroit, MI; Santa Fe, NM; Brooklyn, North Olmstead and Walton Hills, OH; and Conshohocken, Lebanon and West Conshohocken, PA. | | *[[Illinois]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Michigan]], [[New Mexico]], [[Ohio]], and [[Pennsylvania]] permit local municipalities to ban handheld cell phone use. Localities that have already done this include: Chicago, IL; Brookline, MA; Detroit, MI; Santa Fe, NM; Brooklyn, North Olmstead and Walton Hills, OH; and Conshohocken, Lebanon and West Conshohocken, PA. |