{"id":264,"date":"2016-09-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baronedefensefirm.lawblogger.net\/blog\/texting-while-driving-unlawful-in-michigan\/"},"modified":"2022-10-04T13:01:30","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T17:01:30","slug":"texting-while-driving-unlawful-in-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/texting-while-driving-unlawful-in-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"Texting While Driving Unlawful in Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"

On April 29, 2010 Michigan became the 24th<\/sup> state to make texting while driving illegal when Governor Graholm signed Enrolled House Bill No.\u00a04394<\/a>.\u00a0 This law now punishes the following behavior, as it is now illegal to:<\/p>\n

Read, manually type, or send a text message on a wireless 2-way communication device that is located in the person\u2019s hand or in the person\u2019s lap, including a wireless telephone used in cellular telephone service or personal communication service, while operating a motor vehicle that is moving on a highway or street in this state. As used in this subsection, a wireless 2-way communication device does not include a global positioning or navigation system that is affixed to the motor vehicle.<\/p>\n

However, there are three exceptions to the law:<\/p>\n

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On April 29, 2010 Michigan became the 24th state to make texting while driving illegal when Governor Graholm signed Enrolled House Bill No.\u00a04394.\u00a0 This law now punishes the following behavior, as it is now illegal to: Read, manually type, or send a text message on a wireless 2-way communication device that is located in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-distracted-driving"],"yoast_head":"\nTexting While Driving Unlawful in Michigan | Barone Defense Firm<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The texting while driving law has all the markings of the next drunk driving law, and the penalties for violations of this law will quickly increase.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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