/tags/hands-free Hands-Free en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 17:50:27 GMT /austin/2016-02-08/austin-police-hand-out-5-000-plus-citations-in-first-year-of-hands-free-ordinance It’s been just over a year since the City of Austin’s hands-free ordinance went into effect and, in 2015, Austin Police officers cited more than 5,000� Mon, 08 Feb 2016 17:50:27 GMT /austin/2016-02-08/austin-police-hand-out-5-000-plus-citations-in-first-year-of-hands-free-ordinance Andrew Weber /austin/2015-09-25/despite-hands-free-laws-fatal-crashes-are-up-in-austin So far this year, 82 people have died in Austin as a result of more than 70 crashes on the city’s roads. At the same time, this is the first year of the� Fri, 25 Sep 2015 12:44:56 GMT /austin/2015-09-25/despite-hands-free-laws-fatal-crashes-are-up-in-austin Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2015-01-30/austins-hands-free-fines-to-start-on-sunday This Sunday, the city of Austin will start ticketing drivers and cyclists who are texting or talking on their mobile phones without a hands-free� Fri, 30 Jan 2015 20:00:47 GMT /austin/2015-01-30/austins-hands-free-fines-to-start-on-sunday KUT Staff