{"id":322715,"date":"2023-04-12T11:00:54","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T18:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/?p=322715"},"modified":"2023-04-12T09:21:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T16:21:36","slug":"get-off-your-apps-during-distracted-driving-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/get-off-your-apps-during-distracted-driving-awareness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Get off your apps during Distracted Driving Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and the La Mesa Police Department will be actively looking for drivers throughout the month who are in violation of the state\u2019s hands-free cell phone law.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHolding your phone and using it while driving is not only dangerous, but also illegal,\u201d La Mesa Police Chief <\/span>Ray Sweeney said. \u201cBefore starting the car, silence your phone or put it in the glove box, trunk or back seat. Anywhere you can\u2019t reach.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the 2022 California Statewide Public Opinion Survey, nearly 72% of drivers surveyed said that distracted driving because of texting was their biggest safety concern.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2021, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) issued nearly 56,000 citations for distracted driving.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Under current law, drivers are not allowed to hold a phone or electronic communications device while operating a vehicle. This includes talking, texting, or using an app. Using a handheld cell phone while driving is punishable by a fine. Violating the hands-free law for a second time within 36 months of a prior conviction for the same offense will result in a point being added to a driver\u2019s record.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If you have an important phone call, text, email, or are in a situation with other distractions, pull over to a safe parking spot. Other distractions can be eating, grooming, reaching for something that fell on the floor, putting on or taking off clothing, talking with passengers, or children in the back seat.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Funding for distracted driving enforcement is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Cr\u00e9dito de la foto: Pixabay.com<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and the La Mesa Police Department will be actively looking for drivers throughout the month who are in violation of the state\u2019s hands-free cell phone law. \u201cHolding your phone and using it while driving is not only dangerous, but also illegal,\u201d La Mesa Police Chief Ray Sweeney said. \u201cBefore […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":938,"featured_media":322719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and the La Mesa Police Department will be actively looking for drivers throughout the month who are in violation of the state\u2019s hands-free cell phone law.","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"3","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[15438],"tags":[15773,12421,13426],"class_list":["post-322715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-la-mesa-courier-news","tag-driving","tag-la-mesa","tag-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/938"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322715"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322721,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322715\/revisions\/322721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}