What You Need To Know About Pennsylvania’s New Driving Law
By: Dan Alexander | Published: 2025-06-04 20:18:00 | Source: nj1015.com
📞 PA’s hand held cell phone ban takes effect Thursday
📞 The $50 fine will be waived for the first year
📞 The bill includes a provision to combat racial profiling
Pennsylvania’s new cell phone law prohibiting use of a handheld device while driving takes effect this week.
Gov. Josh Shapiro signed the bill a year ago. The bill was named after Paul Miller Jr., who died at the age of 21 in 2010 in a crash with the distracted driver of a tractor-trailer. His parents, Paul and Eileen Mille,r pushed for the legislation.
Known as Paul Miller’s Law, drivers in Pennsylvania will be prohibited from sending, reading or writing a text while holding a phone behind the wheel.
The new law carries a $50 fine with no points. Fines will not be issued during a grace period in effect for the first…
