Has anyone been cited under California V.C. 26708?

I realize that this is a terrible first post, I was a member here several years ago; but, I forgot all of my account info and suspect that it may have been deleted due to non-activity.

However, the issue concerning V.C. 26708 came up in a discussion with friends. It started with us discussing a friend who had an iPhone in a suction cup mount on his windshield.

The law says

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26708. (a) (1) A person shall not drive any motor vehicle with any object or material placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied upon the windshield or side or rear windows.

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He claimed that GPS devices (what he was using his phone for) were exempt. However, closer examination of the GPS exemption states that the GPS must be in one of two specific locations

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(b) This section does not apply to any of the following:
(12) A portable Global Positioning System (GPS), which may be mounted in a ( )1 seven-inch square in the lower corner of the windshield farthest removed from the driver or in a ( )2 five-inch square in the lower corner of the windshield nearest to the driver and outside of an airbag deployment zone, if the system is used only for door-to-door navigation while the motor vehicle is being operated.

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Now, it is true that he had never been cited for his iPhone; but, I would not want to try to beat a ticket for it, if he ever got one, in court based on the letter of the law.

So, back to the question, has anyone here ever gotten a ticket for having a radar detector on their windshield with some suction cup holder?

It is possible and have heard of it. You get those when u piss off a cop usually by being argumentative

I went throught there last year going to Vegas and I had my Redline and gps in my window and a CHP pass right by me. I guess that I was lucky but they can but it's not enforce much, about like the lottery you can go for months or years and one day you win the jack pot.

I have never been cited for it and since GPS has become so popular I doubt it is a threat anymore.