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03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 10:32 am

WTR wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 9:55 am

KLB wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 9:40 am At least some of what you see re drivers with phones may relate to GPS maps. I don't text or make phone calls, but I do sometimes need to rely on GPS.

I don’t believe the use of a hand held device by the driver is legal period.

I had to considered the use of the GPS. I bet you are right. Some of them probably are doing it for that reason.

(c) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution of an offense under this section that the operator used a portable wireless communication device:
(1) in conjunction with a hands-free device, as defined by Section 545.425;
(2) to navigate using a global positioning system or navigation system;

https://www.lawserver.com/law/state/tex ... e_545-4251