Cellphone Ban Tickets Now Being Issued

It is now against the law in Ontario to text friends, chat on a cell phone or browse through songs on M-P-3 players while behind the wheel of a vehicle.

The law actually took effect last October, but there was a grace period that ends today and violators are now looking at a 155-dollar fine.

Calls to 9-1-1 are an exception and is also illegal for drivers to look at display screens such as laptops and D-V-D players.

Since late October, police have issued more than 33-hundred warnings.