Google Glass: 1, California Highway Patrol: 0. A San Diego Glass Explorer ticketed in October for wearing the headset behind the wheel has been found not guilty.

A local judge on Thursday ruled in Cecilia Abadie's favor, dismissing her Oct. 30 ticket for "Driving with monitor visible to driver (Google Glass)."

"A cop just stopped me and gave me a ticket for wearing Google Glass while driving!" Abadie wrote in an October Google+ post. "Is #GoogleGlass [illegal] while driving or is this cop wrong???" she asked. "Do you know any other #GlassExplorers that got a similar ticket anywhere in the US?"

Her call for help sparked a cascade of sympathy and legal advice from friendly Google+ users, including San Jose developer Matt Abdou, who offered to set up an online donation campaign for Abadie's attorney and even fly to San Diego for her court date.

"Glass was not on and I honestly don't use it much while driving but I do wear [it]," she wrote on Oct. 30, adding that the police officer repeatedly told her the headset was blocking her view.

Many commenters came to her defense, arguing that mounted cell phones and GPS units are just as distracting as the Google Glass, and perhaps those, too, should be outlawed.

As the search giant continues to integrate new featureslike turn-by-turn directionsinto its futuristic specs, it's no wonder wearers are employing Glass to its full potential. But the novel technology is still too new to have racked up an encyclopedia of laws and rules for its use.

Abadie remained quiet about the court case until Thursday, when she posted a photo (taken with Glass) of her court ruling, which found her not guiltyand may have set a precedent for future cases of driving with Google Glass.

This isn't the first time lawmakers have considered the situation. In March, a West Virginia state legislator introduced a bill that would ban the use of head-mounted gadgets while operating a motor vehicle, though it didn't gain any traction.

The U.K. government joined the fight last fall, when the Department of Transport (DfT) began taking steps to outlaw the use of Google Glass while behind the wheel. But its stance has reportedly softened as officials moved to discuss a road-ready headset.

For more, check out Google Glass: Everything You Need to Know.

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