good forr him.

[MyLittlePony 340]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill that would have raised the fine for illegally using a cellphone while driving in California from $20 to $30. Brown on Friday rejected the penalty increase, saying he believes the

current fine is "a powerful deterrent." While the state base fine is $20, the governor noted that the total can climb to $200 or $300 with court fees. Palo Alto Democratic Sen. Joe Simitian says his bill, SB1310, was intended to reduce deaths and collisions by discouraging using hand-held cellphones. Repeat violations also would have added points to drivers' records, potentially increasing their insurance costs. The additional $10 fine would have gone to educating motorists. Brown vetoed a similar bill by Simitian last year that would have raised the base fine to $50.

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What a joke, $20 or $30 is not good enough to make 90% of people think about the fine. $20 is the cost of a pizza. I see way too many people on cellphones still on the highway and everywhere else.

[MyLittlePony 340]

Raise the fines three times the amount maybe help weed out the idiots drivers are on the road. Make them think twice before doing stupid stuff to danger others safety on the road.

[X Factor 1,112]

These folks do not understand what danger they put themselves and others in when they blab on the phones.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill that would have raised the fine for illegally using a cellphone while driving in California from $20 to $30. Brown on Friday rejected the penalty increase, saying he believes the

current fine is "a powerful deterrent." While the state base fine is $20, the governor noted that the total can climb to $200 or $300 with court fees. Palo Alto Democratic Sen. Joe Simitian says his bill, SB1310, was intended to reduce deaths and collisions by discouraging using hand-held cellphones. Repeat violations also would have added points to drivers' records, potentially increasing their insurance costs. The additional $10 fine would have gone to educating motorists. Brown vetoed a similar bill by Simitian last year that would have raised the base fine to $50.

I'm extremely happy that the Brown veto'd the increase.

What a joke, $20 or $30 is not good enough to make 90% of people think about the fine. $20 is the cost of a pizza. I see way too many people on cellphones still on the highway and everywhere else.

You don't read well do you? The total fine including the court fees is between $200 to $300. I don't know where you get your pizza from, maybe you fly it in from Italy.

Raise the fines three times the amount maybe help weed out the idiots drivers are on the road. Make them think twice before doing stupid stuff to danger others safety on the road.

We already have laws on the books for inattentive driving.

These folks do not understand what danger they put themselves and others in when they blab on the phones.

That agree but curtailing them isn't with nanny laws.

It's time to take California back and stop us from being the laughing stock of the country with this insane money grab laws.