While the CA cellphone law got a fair amount of publicity in the weeks and months before it went into effect, it doesn't seem to have been a big deterrent. Go for a drive, and within minutes, you'll be able to spot multiple people with phones to their ears.
One thing the state and local agencies haven't done a good job of, IMHO, is telling the public exactly how much that first cite's going to really cost. Yes, it's nominally $20, but once all the fees and assessments are levied on top of the base fee, it's probably $100 or more.
And that might be enough to get the attention of even the average Californian.
Since thousands of these cites have been written thus far, you'd think word might be getting out to the friends and family of some of these folks. Or not. It is California, after all. There's far more important things to think about, like who's sleeping with who on The Hills this week.
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