Calif. court: Motorist can't use hand-held map

Spriggs is at the heart of a novel court case that has technology blogs and social media sites buzzing about the $160 ticket plus court costs he was ordered to pay for "distracted driving."

April 10, 2013 / 10:10 IST

Steven Spriggs was stopped in a traffic jam near downtown Fresno and thought nothing of whipping out his iPhone 4 and clicking on the map feature to see if there was an alternate route around the construction mess.

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first published: Apr 10, 2013 10:01 am

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