GPS, rear view cameras and other screens found in cars now illegal due to Google Glass citation.

Earlier this week a person wearing Google Glass was issued a citation for “Driving with screen visible to driver”. A few legal experts have gone on various news outlets to compare Google Glass to GPS units and in dash navigation systems. District Attorneys have responded by directing police to now issue citations for anyone with a GPS or any other screen visible to the driver.

Originally “Driving with screen visible to driver” was enacted when battery powered televisions came on the market. Drivers on long trips were getting into accidents when the decided to watch TV to help pass the time on the drive.

The issue now is what is the intent of this law? Google glass is a heads up display unit that connects to a cell phone. The device looks like a pair of glasses. The heads up display in Google Glass allows for “augmented reality”. There are a number of uses for augmented reality. One example would be navigation where route information is overlaid over the real world. Making Google Glass safer than most other GPS units as the driver never takes their eyes off the road.

But instead of backing down on the topic of Google Glass, some District Attorneys have decided to over reach. Sources tell us that most DAs forgot that there even was a Driving with screen visible” law. So now they are mad that for years officer have been overlooking obvious violations.

“Every car seems to have a GPS right there in the window. Drive down any highway and you can see it. We have this law on the books and the cops are not doing a thing about it. So I am going to make sure the officers working in this county start doing their job.” Was the statement from District Attorney MacFierce.

Representatives from the major GPS manufactures only would say that they have lawyers and lobbyist working to fix the problem quickly.