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Tough cellphone law takes effect

Washington becomes one of the toughest states in the country Sunday for people who do anything behind the wheel with their cellphones.

Don’t check your email. Don’t like a friend’s Facebook post. Don’t post a picture to Snapchat. Don’t Google the Yelp rating of the restaurant you’re thinking of trying. Don’t play “Words with Friends” or “Candy Crush.” Don’t watch that YouTube video a co-worker told you about.

Or, as Gov. Jay Inslee put it during a media event Monday on the Capitol steps to remind Washington residents about the coming law: “Put the cellphone down”/ Jim Camden , SR. More here.

Question: Do you use your cellphone while driving?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog