A legal look into the hands-free law: What can you do if you re ticketed? Attorney weighs in
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NORFOLK, Va. - Holding your phone while driving can land you a ticket and a fine as of January 1 in Virginia. It s a violation that Virginia Beach-based attorney Happy OâBrien said can be hard to fight. There s not a whole lot you can do,â OâBrien said.
O Brien is a partner with the law firm Doummar and OâBrien. He added the reason it would be difficult is it âis really simple for the police to charge you and to successfully prosecute you. They just have to see the phone in your hands.
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RICHMOND, Va. (CN) Only hours before a sitting Virginia state senator died of Covid-19, another state senator called the opening of a public space at the state’s upcoming legislative session, otherwise closed because of the ongoing pandemic, a “huge victory.”
“The decision to close the Pocahontas Building was a clear violation of the First Amendment and communicated an eagerness by Senator Locke and Speaker Filler-Corn, and the Northam administration to shut out public input in the legislative process,” state Senator Bill DeSteph said in a statement Friday evening.