This is a good question, especially if you are facing a distracted driving ticket for the use of a cell phone or another electronic communication device. Depending on how you look at it, this kind of ticket either stays on your driving record forever, or it never impacts it at all. That sounds confusing at first, but it really isn’t. To understand how your driving record is, or rather isn’t, affected by cell phone use, you need to understand how California’s traffic penalty system works. DMV Points in California Like many states, California uses a point system for calculating whether a driver should face restrictions on operating a vehicle. Different…