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Posted on 8/1/25 at 3:10 pm
Posted on 8/1/25 at 3:10 pm
New laws starting today
Fines begin January 2026, but will they be enforced?
Traffic & Driving Regulation
Distracted Driving ‘Touch’ Law
Starting August 1, hand-held phone use while driving is prohibited. Drivers may only use phones hands-free, and texting, emailing or social media usage—even hands-free—is banned. First violations yield warnings; fines begin January 2026.
Slow-Driving Penalties (Left-Lane Blockers)
Act 24 lowers threshold to ticket drivers going just 1 mph under the posted speed limit in the left lane. First offense = $150, rising to $250 or $350 for additional offenses within a year. Repeat offenders may face up to 30 days in jail. Aimed at reducing traffic congestion and improving highway flow.
Child Grooming Becomes a Stand-alone Felony
Act 97 (SB 58) criminalizes grooming: establishing an emotional or psychological relationship with someone under 17 for the purpose of future sexual abuse. Applies when offender is at least four years older. No abuse need have yet occurred. Effective August 1, 2025.
A bunch of new things, maybe re-packaged.
Fines begin January 2026, but will they be enforced?
Traffic & Driving Regulation
Distracted Driving ‘Touch’ Law
Starting August 1, hand-held phone use while driving is prohibited. Drivers may only use phones hands-free, and texting, emailing or social media usage—even hands-free—is banned. First violations yield warnings; fines begin January 2026.
Slow-Driving Penalties (Left-Lane Blockers)
Act 24 lowers threshold to ticket drivers going just 1 mph under the posted speed limit in the left lane. First offense = $150, rising to $250 or $350 for additional offenses within a year. Repeat offenders may face up to 30 days in jail. Aimed at reducing traffic congestion and improving highway flow.
Child Grooming Becomes a Stand-alone Felony
Act 97 (SB 58) criminalizes grooming: establishing an emotional or psychological relationship with someone under 17 for the purpose of future sexual abuse. Applies when offender is at least four years older. No abuse need have yet occurred. Effective August 1, 2025.
A bunch of new things, maybe re-packaged.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 3:13 pm to F1y0n7h3W4LL
Yes. You can't even sing along to the radio. No checking out women standing on the corner. All distractions are imprisonment.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 3:14 pm to F1y0n7h3W4LL
Will this be enforced like the law about not driving slow in the fast lane?
Posted on 8/1/25 at 3:15 pm to F1y0n7h3W4LL
quote:
Child Grooming Becomes a Stand-alone Felony Act 97 (SB 58) criminalizes grooming: establishing an emotional or psychological relationship with someone under 17 for the purpose of future sexual abuse. Applies when offender is at least four years older. No abuse need have yet occurred. Effective August 1, 2025.
What about teachers and parents grooming little boys and girls to be gays or trannies?
Posted on 8/1/25 at 3:19 pm to F1y0n7h3W4LL
Im waiting to see somebody from the advocate this law is racist
Posted on 8/1/25 at 3:20 pm to F1y0n7h3W4LL
Love how you can’t hold a phone to make a phone call anymore but you can have a giant iPad built into your dashboard.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 3:21 pm to F1y0n7h3W4LL
no way the phone use ban actually gets enforced
Posted on 8/1/25 at 3:24 pm to Loup
Doing the speed limit and passing in the left lane are both remnants of a patriarchal and white supremacist society. We have to do better
Posted on 8/1/25 at 3:24 pm to Cosmo
Encouraged and even government funded
Posted on 8/1/25 at 3:28 pm to F1y0n7h3W4LL
quote:
Slow-Driving Penalties (Left-Lane Blockers)
Act 24 lowers threshold to ticket drivers going just 1 mph under the posted speed limit in the left lane. First offense = $150, rising to $250 or $350 for additional offenses within a year. Repeat offenders may face up to 30 days in jail. Aimed at reducing traffic congestion and improving highway flow.
This is great and terrible. Someone driving through a speed trap town in the left lane might see a cop on the side of the road, slow down to below the speed limit to be cautious, and still get a ticket. But I hope that they do enforce it for people fricking up traffic. On 2 lane interstates, I've seen Nissan drivers in the left lane that I'm 99% sure purposefully match the speed of someone in the right lane for extended stretches just to piss people off.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 3:37 pm to DaleGribblesMower
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Doing the speed limit and passing in the left lane are both remnants of a patriarchal and white supremacist society. We have to do better
The law will disproportionately affect black women
Posted on 8/1/25 at 3:51 pm to F1y0n7h3W4LL
Ok I’m sure all the cops will pull themselves over because they’re just as guilty as any one else.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 3:55 pm to F1y0n7h3W4LL
quote:
Child Grooming Becomes a Stand-alone Felony
Act 97 (SB 58) criminalizes grooming: establishing an emotional or psychological relationship with someone under 17 for the purpose of future sexual abuse. Applies when offender is at least four years older. No abuse need have yet occurred.
This is going to be next to impossible to prove absent actual abuse or a paper trail, which are already crimes. Add it to the list of stupid, repetitive, and unnecessary criminal statutes.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 4:04 pm to F1y0n7h3W4LL
If people would just learn to accelerate instead of braking when trying to merge onto the interstate, that would help traffic congestion a lot.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 4:07 pm to Cosmo
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What about teachers and parents grooming little boys and girls to be gays or trannies?
Damn, where is this happening?
Posted on 8/1/25 at 6:03 pm to F1y0n7h3W4LL
Just another excuse to legitimize a stop for a traffic violation in order to ask consent to find the meth in your console.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 6:07 pm to F1y0n7h3W4LL
I am sure all the local law enforcement officers will comply with this….
This post was edited on 8/1/25 at 6:08 pm
Posted on 8/1/25 at 6:22 pm to F1y0n7h3W4LL
Wonder if all my little sisters friends that I would drive to/from highschool - then sex’d at LSU qualifies as grooming. I support grooming
Posted on 8/1/25 at 6:42 pm to F1y0n7h3W4LL
quote:
Act 24 lowers threshold to ticket drivers going just 1 mph under the posted speed limit in the left lane. First offense = $150, rising to $250 or $350 for additional offenses within a year. Repeat offenders may face up to 30 days in jail. Aimed at reducing traffic congestion and improving highway flow.
This is a dumb law. No, I'm not in favor of slow drivers in the "fast" lane, but I find it completely asinine that it is illegal to drive in the left lane unless you are going exactly the speed limit. One mile an hour over or under the speed limit is now breaking the law!
Posted on 8/1/25 at 6:54 pm to Chad504boy
Let’s compare the amount of accidents caused by cell phone distractions versus singing along with a song on the radio. Or the number caused by looking at someone standing along the street. Try harder.
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