Fla. governor gets texting bill
In a first for Florida, a distracted driving bill has emerged from the Legislature. The state Senate gave final approval Thursday to a plan that would outlaw text messaging while driving in Florida....
View ArticleOhio’s primary enforcement push
Ohio legislators are being asked to rush through a toughening of the state’s texting law before their two-year session ends in under two months. State Rep. Rex Damschroder, author of the state’s 2013...
View ArticleMississippi OKs texting & driving law
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant has signed legislation banning texting by all drivers. It goes into effect July 1. His state had beem among the few remaining in the U.S. without a strong texting &...
View ArticleMississippi’s Facebook face-plant
Mississippi appears ready to leave the ranks of states with toothless distracted driving laws, by finally approving a texting & driving bill that includes all motorists, regardless of age. Great...
View ArticleCalif. texting law update to governor
A rewrite of California’s electronic distracted driving laws has cleared the Legislature and been sent to Gov. Jerry Brown. The bill from Assemblyman Bill Quirk, left, was designed to simplify and...
View ArticleN.J., Maryland lawmakers crack down
Legislators in New Jersey and Maryland have moved to significantly toughen their state’s electronic distracted driving laws. In New Jersey, what appears to be “the toughest hands-free cell phone law in...
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