North Park store owner Saad Ewdish knows the law on using his cell phone while driving is about to change, but he's a little fuzzy on details, such as when the change takes effect, and unfamiliar with the technologies that would let him continue talking.“I don't know if my phone does Bluetooth,” Ewdish said. “What's Bluetooth?”
As of July 1, Ewdish and other California drivers who talk behind the wheel risk a ticket unless they use hands-free technology.
Increased use could lead to social acceptance of Bluetooth, but some say it's more likely to produce discrete use of the technology in the privacy of owners' cars.
“Just because you have to be hands-free in the car doesn't mean you have to be hands-free everywhere,” said Gloria Barczak, a Northeastern University marketing professor who researches new-product development.
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