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House Transportation panel considers closing CDL cellphone loophole
Summary
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.
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.
Kat said the state currently operates under three related statutes—two addressing passenger vehicles and one for commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs)—and that aligning the CDL wording would simplify traffic-court proceedings…
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