House Transportation panel considers closing CDL cellphone loophole
The House Transportation committee heard April 15 from the Vermont DMV about proposed language to align commercial driver cellphone rules with passenger-vehicle law, aimed at closing a courtroom loophole that has made convictions and required SID reporting difficult.
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The Vermont House Transportation Committee on April 15 heard from Lieutenant Steve Kat of the Vermont DMV about proposed statutory language to make handheld-device rules for commercial drivers match the existing hands-free standard for passenger vehicles. Kat told the committee the change would remove a courtroom hurdle that now requires prosecutors to prove a commercial driver was actively using a device rather than merely holding it.
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