SAN FRANCISCO: A California appeals court has tossed out a fine for a driver checking a smart phone map to escape traffic, offering a new interpretation in the crackdown on “distracted driving.”
A panel of judges reasoned that the summons and its $165 fine applied to holding mobile phones to converse while driving and said nothing of looking at maps on screens for directions.
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