A traffic citation, which was issued against a car driver for wearing Google Glass while driving, was dismissed by a court in Southern California on Thursday. The traffic ticket was issued by a California Highway Patrol officer for speeding her vehicle in late October.
Ms. Cecilia Abadie was stopped by the CHP officer for speeding her vehicle. The officer noticed that she was wearing the device of Google Glass, so he issued a second ticket for wearing a video screens while driving. According to the section 27602 of Vehicle code in California, a video screen in the view of the driver is banned with the exception for GPS or any other car navigation devices.
Court Commissioner in San Diego dismissed the ticket that was issued for wearing Google Glass as they can’t find any evidence that the Google Glass was in use while the driver Abadie was driving, according to local news reports. But according to the Highway Patrol officer, he saw that the light from the screen of the headset. But the female driver replied that the device got activated when she looked up towards the officer when he is approaching towards her.
This first ever ticket to Google Glass was dismissed in the view of no evidence about the device active while driving. The commissioner also added that he does believe Google Glass falls under the definition of a video screen in state law.
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