Heads up to you peeps who come to Minnesota for Twins games, Mall of America or lakes vacation. New hands free law took effect yesterday and it's being enforced vigorously. You might get away with a warning with your out of state plates, maybe not.
You can Bluetooth and such but any GPS use needs to be voice activated/directed. This is much stricter than your Iowa law that mostly just prohibits texting. Basically if you have a phone in your hand you are getting stopped.
More detailed explanation is offered in this linked story:
https://blogs.mprnews.org/capitol-view/2019/04/hands-free-cell-phone-is-now-law-so-how-does-it-work/
BTW, I am militantly supportive of this.
You can Bluetooth and such but any GPS use needs to be voice activated/directed. This is much stricter than your Iowa law that mostly just prohibits texting. Basically if you have a phone in your hand you are getting stopped.
More detailed explanation is offered in this linked story:
https://blogs.mprnews.org/capitol-view/2019/04/hands-free-cell-phone-is-now-law-so-how-does-it-work/
BTW, I am militantly supportive of this.