Archives for February 2010

Last week, State Rep. Keith Hall of Kentucky turned thumbs down on a plan to ban text messaging while driving. He voted against HB 43 in the House Transportation Committee. The measure succeeded, though, and went before the full House on Feb. 4. This time, Hall voted yes with the zeal of a recent convert. "I've had a change of heart," he told the House. That's because the night before the vote, his wife reportedly reached for her ringing cell phone and plowed into another vehicle. “I heard the sirens go off, and my cell phone rang and they said, ‘Your wife has just had a serious traffic … [Read more...]