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Ridgewood officials asked to support new cell phone law
MONDAY JUNE 17, 2013, 9:15 AM
BY Â DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Motorists involved in car accidents might one day be asked to show their license, registration – and cell phone.
A new bill making its way through the state Senate will, if ratified, permit law enforcement to seize and search the cell phones of drivers following a motor vehicle crash. The intent of the potential legislation is to determine whether the driver had been distracted by the use of a hand-held phone.
Under the proposal, police will be allowed to search a driver’s cell phone after an accident without a subpoena, but the responding officer must have reasonable grounds to believe a violation occurred. Police will be instructed to immediately return the phone to the driver after it is checked, according to the bill.
The bill’s primary sponsor, Ocean County-based Sen. James Holzapfel, said the crackdown is focused on motorists who either text or talk on the phone while driving
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when the police start then we all will. I see them on the cell all the time. and don’t come back with some bs story that it ‘s police talk. yea hello. if you do it you do it for all.