Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine has signed into law a ban on text messaging for all drivers. It takes effect July 1. AAA spokesman John Townsend said the secondary-enforcement status of the new Virginia texting law -- meaning police would have to have another, primary reason for pulling over drivers -- makes it “tantamount to telling people you can do it.” Still, the AAA spokesman told the Washington Examiner that approval of HB 1876 was a “moral victory.” Meanwhile, Kansas has approved its first restrictions on cell phone use behind the wheel: Drivers with permit licenses cannot use cell phones … [Read more...]
Texting legislation hot at local level
December 11, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Cities and counties around the nation are scrambling to adopt bans on text messaging, tired of waiting for state legislatures to act on what is almost universally perceived as a highway menace. (Post updated for correction; original post from March 27, 2009) In one New York county, a local legislator said simply: "The state is not acting fast enough." New York’s swarm of local traffic legislation against text messaging and use of handheld phones usually is credited to a similar lack of urgency in Albany. A Philadelphia ban on use of handheld cell phones while driving is near enactment. A … [Read more...]
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