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State House votes to stop drivers' use of handheld phones

by Associated Press
| January 15, 2020 12:05 PM

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A divided Pennsylvania House voted Wednesday to ban the use of handheld phones for all drivers to make calls, although police would not be allowed to stop motorists for that reason alone.

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