{"id":1561,"date":"2011-09-29T16:44:09","date_gmt":"2011-09-29T20:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/?p=1561"},"modified":"2017-11-09T08:52:18","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T14:52:18","slug":"recent-law-texting-driving-illegal-in-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/recent-law-texting-driving-illegal-in-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Law: Texting & Driving Illegal in Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"

As of this week, Maine is the 33rd state to ban texting while driving. The recently enacted law includes a minimum $100 fine for drivers caught sending electronic messages including texts, emails or instant messages from a mobile device. \u00a0The law stops short of banning hand-held cellphone use by drivers. Several Atlantic states, including Connecticut, New York and New Jersey prohibit drivers from using hand-held devices.<\/p>\n

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source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (iihs.org.laws\/maptextingbans.aspx)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It remains to be seen whether Maine auto insurance rates<\/a> increase for drivers who are caught texting while driving. More likely, scofflaws may lose Maine Auto Insurance Discounts<\/a> if their MVR (motor vehicle record) shows a violation.<\/p>\n

It’s unclear how Maine commercial vehicle insurance<\/a> policies might be affected if a business’ fleet drivers are ticketed for texting & driving. \u00a0 In general, commercial underwriters have a higher threshold for violations before surcharging a policy.<\/p>\n

If you have questions about your personal \u00a0auto or business vehicle insurance, contact Noyes Hall & Allen Insurance agency in South Portland at 207-799-5541<\/a>. You can also request a Maine car insurance quote<\/a> or a Maine business insurance quote<\/a> on our web site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As of this week, Maine is the 33rd state to ban texting while driving. The recently enacted law includes a minimum $100 fine for drivers caught sending electronic messages including texts, emails or instant messages from a mobile device. \u00a0The law stops short of banning hand-held cellphone use by drivers. Several Atlantic states, including Connecticut, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,37,28,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-insurance","category-commercial-vehicle-insurance-business-insurance","category-news","category-trends"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4721,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1561\/revisions\/4721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}