{"id":1072,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1072"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Bogus-Legislative-Brief---Pennsylvania-Driver-Cell-Phone-Use---Hoax-Slayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1072","title":{"rendered":"Bogus Legislative Brief &#8211; Pennsylvania Driver Cell Phone Use &#8211; Hoax-Slayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"inner-post-entry\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Outline:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nEmail, purporting to be a Legislative Brief, claims that drivers in the state of Pennsylvania will be prohibited from using handheld mobile telephones from November 10, 2007<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Status:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nFalse<\/p>\n<div class=\"example\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Example:<\/b><\/span><br \/>\nLegislative Brief<br \/>\nHandheld Mobile Telephone Use<br \/>\nState of Pennsylvania<\/p>\n<p>Effective November 10, 2007 motorists in the state of Pennsylvania will be prohibited from using handheld mobile telephones while operating a vehicle. The Bill (House Bill No.1827) amends Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statues and was passed on September 11, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>The Bill states that &#8220;No driver shall operate any moving vehicle on a highway of this Commonwealth, which shall include Federal, State and municipal highways, while using a handheld mobile telephone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The term &#8220;handheld mobile telephone&#8221; is defined by the bill as:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A mobile telephone other than a hands-free mobile telephone with which a user engages in a call using at least one hand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It also defines hands-free mobile telephone as follows:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A mobile telephone that has an internal feature or function, or that is equipped with an attachment or addition, whether or not permanently part of such mobile telephone, by which a user engages in a call without the use of either hand, whether or not the use of either hand is necessary to activate, deactivate or initiate a function of such telephone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The new law does not apply, however to the following, when on duty and acting in their official capacities:<br \/>\n*Law Enforcement Officers<br \/>\n* Operators of Emergency Vehicles<\/p>\n<p>The bill also mentions that defensible actions for the use of a handheld mobile telephone will be:<br \/>\n* The driver had reason to fear for the driver&#8217;s safety<br \/>\n* Reporting a traffic accident<br \/>\n* Making a &#8220;911&#8221; emergency call<\/p>\n<p>A person who is found to be in violation of this section commits a summary offense and upon conviction, will be sentenced to pay a $50 fine.<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/pennsylvania-cell-phone-brief.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/pennsylvania-cell-phone-brief.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline: Email, purporting to be a Legislative Brief, claims that drivers in the state of Pennsylvania will be prohibited from using handheld mobile telephones from November 10, 2007 Status: False Example: Legislative Brief Handheld Mobile Telephone Use State of Pennsylvania Effective November 10, 2007 motorists in the state of Pennsylvania will be prohibited from using [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}