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No Cell Phones in a School Zone Law

School is starting Wednesday August 18th here in Kincaid so make sure you pay attention to where you are when using your cell phone we will be.

According to the new law:

"A person, regardless of age, may not use a wireless telephone at any time while operating a motor vehicle on a roadway in a school speed zone"

There are exceptions for a person engaged in a highway construction or maintenance, emergencies and when the phone is in voice-activated mode.

(e) A person, regardless of age, may not use a wireless

telephone at any time while operating a motor vehicle on a

roadway in a school speed zone established under Section

11-605, or on a highway in a construction or maintenance speed

zone established under Section 11-605.1. This subsection (e)

does not apply to (i) a person engaged in a highway

construction or maintenance project for which a construction or

maintenance speed zone has been established under Section

11-605.1, (ii) a person using a wireless telephone for

emergency purposes, including, but not limited to, law

enforcement agency, health care provider, fire department, or

other emergency services agency or entity, (iii) a law

enforcement officer or operator of an emergency vehicle when

performing the officer's or operator's official duties, or (iv)

to a person using a wireless telephone in voice-activated mode.

Bruce Kettelkamp for Sheriff 2010

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Summer heat is here and we want everyone to be safe. Please make sure you are staying hydrated and watch for the elderly in your community and make sure they are staying cool.