Texting Ban Senators | Senators push nationwide ban on texting while driving

July 30, 2009 by frankls
Filed under: Top Stories, US 

A law that went into effect January 1 in California makes it illegal to send text messages while driving.Senators push nationwide ban on texting while driving
Four senators pushed for a bill Wednesday to ban texting while driving, a day after a study found that drivers who text while on the road are much more likely to have an accident than undistracted drivers.

Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-New York; Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey; Mary Landrieu, D-Louisiana; and Kay Hagan, D-North Carolina, unveiled the ALERT Act, which would ban truck and car drivers and operators of mass transit from texting while driving.
The proposed legislation would prohibit any driver from sending text or e-mail messages while driving a vehicle, said an earlier news release from the senators.

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