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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

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They really mean it in New Jersey


A motorist talks on his cell phone while waiting in a traffic backup at the corner of Lincoln and  First Avenue in Spokane on June 20. 
 (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
A motorist talks on his cell phone while waiting in a traffic backup at the corner of Lincoln and First Avenue in Spokane on June 20. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)

A motorist talks on his cell phone while waiting in a traffic backup at the corner of Lincoln and  First Avenue in Spokane.

"When New Jersey tells you not to use a handheld cellphone to talk or text while driving, they mean it.

In the 23 months since New Jersey's ban of talking or texting on handheld cellphones, police have written 224,725 citations, according to the NJ Star-Ledger—adding up to about four percent of the state's total moving violations, not counting drunk driving, during that period, and by far the most any state has written so far." More here.

Have you or anyone you know received a ticket for texting or talking on a cell phone while driving?



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.