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Drivers: Get Ready to Put Down those Phones
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Drivers: Get Ready to Put Down those Phones

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Starting tomorrow, you can still listen to your car radio, but you can’t drive and talk on the phone at the same time if you’re holding the phone to your ear. Hands free technology is now required in the interests of safety, but is there really a difference? Also tonight, almost 1500 fires in 10 days -the latest on Northern California.

Main Topic

Hands on the Wheel – Cell Phone Law Takes Effect Tomorrow ()

Driving while talking with a phone to your ear is a crime in California starting tomorrow. It’ll cost 20 bucks for the first offense but no points against your driving record. On the other hand, it’s legal to hold a phone while you’re dialing or sending a text message. The big question is, will  the roads be safer?

Guests:
  • Jed Kolko: Research Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California
  • Steven Bloch: Traffic-safety researcher and policy analyst with the Automobile Club of Southern California
  • Gary Richardson: Writer, Roadshow column for the San Jose Mercury News

Making News

Over 1,400 Fires Burning ()

In the past 10 days, California has been struck by 1459 fires mostly up north.  At the peak, 1200 were burning all at once.  

Guests:
  • Rick Vogt: Public Information Officer for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

Underwriters

Which Way L.A.? is made possible in part by the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, which supports study and research into policy issues of the Los Angeles region.

 

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