Texting While Driving: Banned Jan 1st, 09

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Originally Posted by madmonkeygirl

What about those who apply makeup and drive? or those who shave and drive?or those who read the newspaper or map and drive. yes i've seen drivers doing this not to mention eating and drinking and driving. So just cuz they ban texting doesn't mean that people's eyes aren't averted from the road.What about those obnoxious billboards that are illuminated showing different things? Those are distracting. Seems a bit silly to me to ban texting yet all the other things people can do and get away with.

Coming home a driver behind me was on her cell phone. I was like damn no cop around to bust her.

That falls under the blanket of "Unsafe Driving". Technally, it is illegal to drive while distracted by anything, including texting. The main purpose of this blanket law is that if you cause an accident while doing this type of thing the reprocusions are that you are 100% at fault. If, however, you are swerving all over the road crossing into other lanes and back because of texting, an officer could stop you and give you a ticket.

I think part of making the texting and phone laws specific are the repeate offender fine increase scale.