The Meridian City Council punted a decision to ban hand-held phone use while driving at its Tuesday meeting.
Earlier this year, the city began conversations about creating an ordinance banning drivers from using hand-held devices on Meridian roads. If council passed the ordinance, Meridian would be the first city in the Treasure Valley to require drivers to only use cellphones while driving if it is hands free.
At the Tuesday meeting, the Idaho Press reports, the Meridian council continued the public hearing for the ordinance to Oct. 8.
There isn’t a mechanism for law enforcement to penalize drivers for being on their phone while they drive. Idaho law only bans texting while driving, not other types of use.
Violating the proposed ordinance, if approved, would result in a non-speeding-related traffic infractions, which comes with a $90 fine.
