Daryl Conover said. Ticketing won't begin for at least a few weeks, he said. The ordinance, adopted Thursday, makes Marlboro the first municipality in the state to prohibit drivers from using their hands to operate mobile phones. The municipality's action has attracted the attention of local and national media, which continued to send camera crews and reporters to the township yesterday.
Public opinion runs the gamut.
Like any other new law, such as the seat belt law, there is a period of adjustment, Conover said. Motorists who are driving carelessly will be stopped and ticketed for careless driving a motor vehicle violation that township police have always enforced, he said. The township has not decided when violators will start receiving tickets, but it certainly won't be before the end of the month when Police Chief Robert C. Holmes returns from vacation, Conover said. Local officials have not decided where or when signs explaining the law will be placed. It's important that signs clearly identify the township's boundaries, Orlando said.