Changes in Cell Phones and Texting Laws While Driving
CHANGE IN NEW YORK STATE CELL PHONE VIOLATION LAW
As of February 16, 2011 the officials of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) imposed a two point violation penalty for cell phone use while driving. The new fine is $100.00. The new law also prohibit “texting” while driving.
Previously , no points were assigned to a cell phone or texting violation while driving in New York State.
The purpose of this law is to is to strengthen the already existing law that has been in place since 2001, in order to protect drivers, passengers and pedestrians..
According to the DMV distracted driving contributes to a least one out of every five crashes. Each year over 300,000 tickets are issued statewide for cell phone violations.
Link to New York State Department of Motor Vehicles press release regard new cell phone violation Law , dated February 14, 20011
This firm has done hundreds of traffic violation for unlawful use of a cell phone while driving in Westchester and surrounding counties over it's sixteen year history of Vehicle & Traffic Law. We have helped in restoring driving privileges to our clients in the following Westchester Courts: Bedford, Briarcliff Manor, Buchanan, Cortlandt Manor, Croton on Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, Elmsford, Harrison, Hastings on Hudson, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, New Rochelle, Peekskill, White Plains, Somers, Lewisboro, Greenburgh, New Castle (Chappaqua), North Castle (Armonk), North Salem, Ossining Town, Ossining Village, Pleasantville, Rye City, Rye Town, Scarsdale, Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, Yonkers, and Yorktown.
In Putnam County (8 miles north of our Westchester office) the firm has been successful in: Carmel, Cold Spring, Kent, Patterson, Phillipstown, Putnam Valley, and the town of Southeast.
In Dutchess County (19 miles north) the following Courts are receptive to these types of applications: Amenia, Beacon, Beekman, Clinton, Dover, East Fishkill, Fishkill, Hyde Park, La Grange, Milan, Millbrook, Millerton, Pawling Village, Pleasant Valley, Poughkeepsie City, Poughkeepsie Town, Stanfordville, and Wappingers Falls.
The firm can also present these motorist in the following Rockland County Courts; Clarkstown, Grandview on Hudson, Haverstraw, Orangetown, Ramapo, Sloatsburg, Spring Valley, Stony Point, South Nyack, and Nyack.
Local criminal courts in Columbia County that entertain "Motions to Vacate" include Ancram, Austerlitz, Chatham, Claverack, Clermont, Copake, Ghent, Hudson, Kinderhook, Livingston, and Taghkanic.
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