Columbia Careful, prudent driving ordinance (§ 14-236)

(a) Every person operating or driving a motor vehicle shall drive and operate the same in a careful and prudent manner and shall exercise at all times the highest degree of care in the operation of the same.

(b) It shall be prima facie evidence that a vehicle operator is not exercising the highest degree of care if the operator of a moving vehicle engages in any conduct that causes such operator's vision or attention to be obscured, diminished or directed elsewhere than the path of travel or attention of the vehicle, including, but not limited to, the following:

(1) By using a mirror to engage in grooming;

(2) Reading anything located in the vehicle other than the operation information displayed on vehicle gauges and equipment;

(3) Writing or drawing;

(4) Manually inputting information into a GPS or mapping device; or

(5) Turning one's head substantially away from the path of travel to observe things in the vehicle or outside the vehicle but contrary to the path of travel.