Posted on July 25, 2011, 9:37 AM, by Text'nDrive, under
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Many detractors of a texting while driving ban say that it is too difficult to enforce such law. It seems North Carolina troopers are proving them wrong.
North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers are currently embarked on an “Operation Distracted Driver” to stop motorists from texting while driving. During a recent patrol, 1st Sgt. Tracy Coleman [...]
Posted on July 18, 2011, 9:02 AM, by Text'nDrive, under
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Rep. Carolyn McCarthy must be quite happy. Here Safe Driver Act of 2011, a federal government bill looking to instate a nation-wide standard for banning handheld cell phones and texting while driving, has found itself two new important supporters, as aAutomakers Chrysler and Ford decided to publically endorse the measure.
Ford was the first to issue [...]
Posted on July 11, 2011, 9:22 AM, by Text'nDrive, under
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It has now been a year since Kentucky banned texting while driving, and a recent report shows that 144 citations have been issued since the beginning of the year to texting drivers.
Although the law came into effect in July 2010, police officers only gave out warnings for the first six months. While some may see [...]
A new bill looking to prohibit texting while driving on the roads of Ohio has received approval by the vast majority of the state’s House of Representatives.
House Bill 99 would ban motorists from reading, writing, or sending a text message on their phone while driving. Violating the law would mean a misdemeanor charge and a [...]