Until then, motorists will receive verbal warnings. Now I have to get a headphone. Many are doing just that. At Auto Sound and Cellular of Marlboro, sales of headsets have increased 25 percent since July 13, when the municipality passed the ordinance, said Lewis Faust, the Route 9 store's manager. Marlboro resident Roy Goldberg thinks the ban is long overdue.
Many people here are oblivious to traffic and children while they're talking on their cell phone.
They don't even realize when the light changes. But others say the new law will impede their livelihood and lifestyle. Mayor Matthew V. Scannapieco expects resistance to the ban and anticipates a court challenge once summonses are issued. Somehow this issue has to get more attention until it becomes the law of the land. Council President Paul Kovalski, the only governing body member who voted against the ordinance, said although he supports the concept he thinks it should be dealt with on a state level.