{"id":232972,"date":"2026-06-17T16:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T20:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/illinois-could-be-the-first-state-to-ban-wearing-smart-glasses-while-driving\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T16:45:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T20:45:49","slug":"illinois-could-be-the-first-state-to-ban-wearing-smart-glasses-while-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/illinois-could-be-the-first-state-to-ban-wearing-smart-glasses-while-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Could Be the First State to Ban Wearing Smart Glasses While Driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/illinois-could-be-first-to-ban-wearing-smart-glasses-while-driving\/\">Illinois Could Be the First State to Ban Wearing Smart Glasses While Driving<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/illinois-could-be-first-to-ban-wearing-smart-glasses-while-driving\/\">https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/illinois-could-be-first-to-ban-wearing-smart-glasses-while-driving\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-17 16:40:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cnet.com\">www.cnet.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Illinois legislature passed a bill to ban the use of smart glasses while driving, targeting &#8220;artificial intelligence smart glasses.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>If signed, Illinois would become the first state to implement such a ban, positioning it similarly to the prohibition on cell phone use while driving.<\/li>\n<li>The bill allows drivers to use smart glasses while parked or in neutral if traffic is obstructed.<\/li>\n<li>Penalties include a $75 fine for a first offense and up to $150 per offense for repeated violations; minimum fine is $1,000 if a crash results in serious injuries or death.<\/li>\n<li>The governor is given 60 days to decide on the bill after receiving it from the Illinois General Assembly.<\/li>\n<li>Governor JB Pritzker has a mixed record on tech industry issues but is reportedly inclined to sign a separate bill to increase restrictions on social networks to protect online children.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois Could Be the First State to Ban Wearing Smart Glasses While Driving https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/illinois-could-be-first-to-ban-wearing-smart-glasses-while-driving\/ Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":232974,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/4c1351fc6253112a9107cd395dfa033d05fae4c4\/hub\/2026\/05\/19\/97d0fb64-50c2-4337-850f-74e44d8d87e6\/android-xr-google-samsung-io-26-2.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-232972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232972"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":232977,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232972\/revisions\/232977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}