Use of a Mobile Phone by a Junior Operator
Civil Offense- No insurance surcharge

(Reporting an emergency is the only exception. Drivers are encouraged to pull over and stop the vehicle to report the emergency.)

• 1st offense-$100 assessment 60-day license suspension and attitudinal course
• 2nd offense-$250 assessment 180-day suspension
• 3rd or subsequent offense-$500 assessment 1-year suspension
• $100 reinstatement fee for any suspension
• Knowledge and road test required for reinstatement

Sending/Reading Text Messages
Civil Offense-No insurance surcharge

(Operators cannot use any mobile electronic device to write, send, or read an electronic message including text messages, emails, instant messages or accessing the internet while operating a vehicle. Mobile electronic device includes mobile telephone, text messaging device, paging device, PDA, laptop computer, electronic equipment capable of playing video games or video disks or can take/transmit digital photographs or can receive a television broadcast. Mobile Device does not include any equipment permanently or temporarily installed to provide navigation, emergency assistance or rear seat video entertainment. Law applies even if the vehicle is stopped in traffic.)

• 1st offense-$100 assessment
• 2nd offense-$250 assessment
• 3rd or subsequent offense-$500 assessment