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LUNCH AND LEARN – SUMMER SERIESGREATER SALEM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
HANDS FREE LAW - HB1360 - JULY 1, 2015
Dennis Sweeney6/18/2015
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Overview of the Hands Free Law Law Enforcement – Town of Salem States with Similar Laws History of HB 1360 Statistics regarding distracted driving Impact on your daily lives Options for drivers
Agenda
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Hands Free Law NH - HB 1360
No Use of Hand Held Electronic Devices
911 Calls Allowed Bluetooth® Allowed Hands-free Electronic
Devices Allowed One Hand two-way (non-
Cellular) radios allowed Under 18 Drivers – No
use of any electronic device hand held or not
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Hands Free Law NH - HB 1360
No Use of Hand Held Electronic Devices even when at stop light or halted in traffic
$100.00 Fine – 1st Offense
$250.00 Fine – 2nd Offense
$500.00 Fine – 3rd Offense
Two Year timeline Penalties Added to
fines
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Honeymoon Period Warnings and
education If handheld device
causes another infraction, a fine will be given.
Law Enforcement
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States with Hands Free Law
Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, D.C., Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, New York, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia
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ArizonaMissouriMontana
States with No Ban on Texting
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NH Dept of Transportation
“Driving Toward Zero” Program introduced 6/2012
116 fatalities since 2011 - Distraction
Signed into Law 7/2014 Educate the public until
and beyond 7/1/2015 Share our roadways
History of HB 1360
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35 Traffic Deaths in 2015◦ Traffic crashes are
preventable - not inevitable! Goal of 50% reduction
in Injuries and Deaths -2030◦ Education, Engineering◦ See NHDTZ.com
Statistics
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IMPACT ON YOUR DAILY LIFE
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Treat “Hands Free” like seat belt use
75% of NH drivers use Seat Belts
Proceed with caution Educate yourself and
others
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Follow 10 Tips for Managing Driver Distraction
Have employees sign the Tips Pledge!
Use Technology such as Suri, Bluetooth
Plan Ahead!
Options for Safe driving
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