Havre to start cellphone use education

Casey Riffe/Billings Gazette

Billings Police officer Samantha Puckett talks to a driver of a car that she pulled over after seeing him talking on a cellphone, Oct. 31. that was the first day of Billings' city-wide cellphone driving ban, which is similar to the ordinance Havre passed on Monday.

Since Havre joined the list of Montana cities with bans on cellphone use while driving earlier this week, the city now has until the law's effective date Oct. 1 to prepare people and educate them about its effect on their cellphone use.

When the new law takes effect in October, using a handhe...