---
title: "Weekly Wire for August 12: Banning Coffee While Driving, Mirrorless Cars, and a Maybach Tease Ahead of Pebble"
description: "New Jersey proposes broad anti-distracted driving rules, Japan ditches old-school mirrors, and a Maybach coupe tease kicks off Pebble Beach car-spotting."
date: "2016-08-12"
modified: "2016-08-12"
authors:
  - name: "The Drive Staff"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/the-drive-staff"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/4822/weekly-wire-for-august-12-banning-coffee-while-driving-mirrorless-cars-and-a-maybach-tease-ahead-of-pebble"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Crime"
  - "Maybach"
  - "Pebble Beach"
---

# Weekly Wire for August 12: Banning Coffee While Driving, Mirrorless Cars, and a Maybach Tease Ahead of Pebble

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This week, Josh Condon, Will Sabel Courtney, and Lawrence Ulrich discuss a proposed New Jersey anti-distracted driving bill that could ban coffee and snacks behind the wheel, and Japan's decision to allow automakers to forego traditional vehicle mirrors in favor of camera systems. Plus, a Maybach coupe tease ahead of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance signals that it's that time of year to start thinking big-dollar bling.

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