Google Glass Fans Freak Out Because Driving with Google Glass Is a Crime - The Atlantic Wire

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Cecilia Abadie is a Glass Explorer, one of the fancy select humans picked by Google to try out Google Glass before regular, un-fancy humans and tell us all about this marvelous technology. Abadie explored her way into a ticket in California, finding out before regular humans that it is against California law to drive with Google Glass on your face. Abadie posted about her run-in with a cop on Google Glass early Wednesday morning, and you can see from the image on the right that Google Glass, not "ugly glasses,"  is specifically cited by this tech-savvy cop. According to the ticket, Abadie was cited for "Driving with Monitor visible to Driver (Google Glass)."
As some explorers point out, the specific law is people with prescription lenses, making Glass like regular glasses.
For what it's worth, Google explains that the laws are fluid but tells its explorers to err on the side of caution. It likens Glass to a mobile device, but also explains to think logically and not be distracted with Glass while behind the wheel:
As you probably know, most states have passed laws limiting the use of mobile devices while driving any motor vehicle, and most states post those rules on their department of motor vehicles websites. Read up and follow the law! Above all, even when you’re following the law, don’t hurt yourself or others by failing to pay attention to the road.
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