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The Deputy seen my Google maps app running on my phone and he said GPS usage is up in the air according to the penal code.
Deputy said that the phone has to be mounted and show me in my car where to mount my device.

Quoting People v Spriggs (Cal. Sup. Ct. App. Div. - April 2, 2013)

In sum, based on the legislative history of section 23123 and the statute’s language, as well as the Legislature’s subsequent enactments of sections 23123.5 and 23124, we conclude that section 23123(a) does not prohibit all hand - held uses of a wireless telep hone. Instead, it prohibits “listening and talking” on the wireless telephone unless the telephone is used in a hands - free mode. Accordingly, Spriggs did not violate the statute when he held his cellular telephone in his hand and looked at a map applicat ion while driving and his conviction must be reversed.
I suspect the listening not in a hands free mode you were doing will be considered a violation.