{"id":86323,"date":"2025-12-08T17:13:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T17:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/86323\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T17:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T17:13:07","slug":"fresno-police-issue-145-citations-in-distracted-driving-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/86323\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Police Issue 145 Citations in Distracted Driving Crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fresno police issued 145 citations for hands-free cell phone violations during a distracted driving enforcement operation on Saturday, the department said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>California has prohibited drivers from holding a phone or electronic device since 2008, banning talking, texting or using apps behind the wheel.<\/p>\n<p>A handheld phone violation carries a fine, and a second offense within 36 months adds a point to a driver\u2019s record, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Police urged motorists to pull over to a safe location for important calls or navigation, and to silence or stow phones before driving.<\/p>\n<p>The operation was funded by the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fresno police issued 145 citations for hands-free cell phone violations during a distracted driving enforcement operation on Saturday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-86323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}