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Bill would allow Nevada police to search phones at crash scenes

A bill before the Assembly Committee on Judiciary would help enforce the state’s ban on handheld mobile phone use while driving.

The bill, which has a hearing scheduled for Friday, would allow police officers to electronically scan a driver’s mobile phone at the scene of an accident to see the driver was using the device at the time of the crash.

A driver’s refusal would lead to an immediate 90-day license suspension.

Contact Bill Dentzer at bdentzer@reviewjournal.com or 775-461-0661. Follow @DentzerNews on Twitter.

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