今天下午在Fullerton，被警察叔叔拦下，聊过数句后，被送上一份通知书，如上图。事情是这样的：因为迷路，我在手机上设定了路线图。在等红绿灯时，低头看了一下那个路线图，想知道还有几分钟到我要去的地方。没想到这个时候，一个摩托警察悄无声息地靠在我的车旁。我抬头看到他，当时还想，幸好我没有打电话， 不然...。可是当我启动汽车时，看到警察叔叔立刻尾随到我的车后，而他的魔幻彩灯立刻闪亮起来。我知道不好，过了路口立马停下来。我知道开车不能打电话、不能讲电话，不能发短信、不能读短信。所以看到警察叔叔走近，我还理直气壮地跟他解释，我只是迷路了，低头看看GPS。在查看我的驾照和保险时，警察叔叔跟我解释了，开车时不能用手机，他的原话是"Even your fingers on the phone, is not allowed!" 我@&%#@￥？ 这是什么规定？ 什么时候的规定？我怎么不知道？！
虽然警察叔叔的态度温和，临走时还礼貌的跟我说，希望这件事没有破坏我的心情。我马上回答他：You did great job! 我还差点恭维他，这可比抢银行省事多了！
California court: Drivers can use smartphone maps, for now
Unlike talking on a cell phone or texting while driving, a court of appeals rules that using a map app is OK under the law.
by Dara Kerr
@darakerr February 27, 2014 6:05 PM PST
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Texting or chatting on the phone while driving is illegal in California, but the law seems still to be catching up with technology when it comes to other aspects of smartphone use behind the wheel.
A court of appeals has reversed an earlier court decision that ruled map reading on a cell phone was taboo under the law, according to the Associated Press. The 5th District Court of Appeal said the law currently applies only to talking and texting on mobile devices and doesn't yet have legal language for app use.
The case came about in January 2012 after Fresno resident Steven Spriggs got a ticket for checking his iPhone 4 map when he was caught in a traffic jam, according to the AP. While he was searching for a better route on his phone, a California Highway Patrol officer stopped him and fined him $165.
After losing a challenge to the case in traffic court, Spriggs appealed the ticket to a Fresno County Superior Court. He lost again. Undeterred, he brought the case to the district court of appeals.
The panel of appellate judges ruled in favor of Spriggs, saying California law stipulates that "listening and talking" on cell phones without a hands-free device is illegal, but it doesn't specify other ways in which phone use is unlawful, according to the AP.
While this is a clear win for Spriggs, and he'll be able to get back his $165, the case could be appealed by the state attorney general's office to the California Supreme Court.
GPS and Other Map Apps
As of February 2014, the court overturned a previous decision and now has ruled that using a cell phone's GPS or other map feature while driving is legal, with or without a hands-free device while operating a motor vehicle.
Layman's terms? You cannot be ticketed for using your cell phone's GPS or mapping service regardless if you have a hands-free device or not.
