Good news for GPS outlaws
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After writing about budget GPS navigation units for cars, I got several e-mails from readers who pointed out that I’m an outlaw.
Not in the good sense, like with country music singers, but because the photos that ran with the story clearly showed the test GPS units affixed to the lower middle of my windshield.
As readers pointed out, it’s illegal in California to mount a GPS anywhere on a windshield. To stay within the law, users have to somehow affix the devices to the dash or use a bean-bag type holder that looks about as classy as fuzzy dice.
But there’s good news for fellow outlaws who attach GPS units to windshields: Your day of liberation is coming. Sort of.
According to a state law that goes into effect Jan. 1, a GPS device can be mounted on the windshield.
But not anywhere. There will be two legal windshield mounting spots.
-- David Colker
