Texting legislation hot at local level
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...
View ArticleCleveland, Albany say no to texting
Cleveland has become the latest big city to prohibit text messaging by drivers. Meanwhile, Albany County, N.Y., has prohibited texting behind the wheel. Both bans come in reaction to a perceived lack...
View ArticlePhiladelphia banishes handheld cells
The Philadelphia City Council voted unanimously Thursday to prohibit drivers from using cell phones unless a hands-free device is attached. The mayor promises to quickly sign the legislation, which...
View ArticlePhilly mayor signs ban, defies state
Mayor Mike Nutter of Philadelphia has signed off on the City Council’s ban on talking on handheld cell phones while driving. The mayor did so under threats from state legislators. The Pennsylvania...
View ArticleCell phone crash makes Philly mayor’s point
Almost on cue, a Philadelphia motorist with her mouth in gear slammed into a bus and dramatized the need for the city’s brand-new ban on handheld cell phones. On the same day that Philadelphia’s mayor...
View ArticleN.Y. regional text messaging legislation
N.Y. regional text messaging news: The state of New York has upgraded its enforcement of the texting while driving law to primary status. At the same time, the governor ordered the DMV to add a third...
View ArticleBowling Green voters strike cell law
(Originally posted May 2009) The voters of Bowling Green, Ohio, have spoken on mobile phones and driving — kind of. The city of about 30,000 decided to put to voters the issue of whether to ban...
View ArticleHonolulu bans take effect July 1
The City of Honolulu’s long debate over drivers’ use of handheld electronic devices finally has reached an end. Mayor Mufi Hannemann signed Bill 4 into law on May 7. Prohibited devices include handheld...
View ArticleLower Chichester talks tough on texting
The blah blah blah over text messaging and driving gets pretty tiresome: How could any law possibly be enforced? What about my civil liberties? Yadda yadda. We’ve heard it all by now. Meet a lawmaker...
View ArticleChapel Hill: Total cell phone ban
The nation’s first blanket ban on cell phone use while driving has been approved by Chapel Hill, N.C. Drivers will be barred from all cell phone conversations, including those conducted via hands-free...
View ArticleIn S.C., a parade of local texting bans
Two more municipalities in South Carolina have outlawed texting while driving, citing the state’s inability to pass distracted driving legislation. Mount Pleasant approved a local ban Sept. 10, a day...
View ArticleSouth Carolina texting ban OK’d
South Carolina’s long and winding road to a universal texting & driving ban has reached an end. The governor signed off June 9 on a ban that affects all drivers — but it brings a mere $25 fine....
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