Cell phone bill, text message ban signed into law | KOMO-TV – Seattle, Washington | Local & Regional — I’ve been sitting on this post since the law was passed some days ago. I’ve been sitting on it because I cannot believe that anyone actually drives and does text messaging. Do you?
Hang up or pay up: Using your hands to talk on the phone or tap out a text message while behind the wheel of a car will be illegal next year.
Gov. Chris Gregoire signed the measures into law Friday, flanked by children who suffered serious injuries after being hit by distracted drivers.
Under the new laws, drivers who read and compose text messages or talk on a cell phone without a hands-free device could face a $101 ticket. The text-messaging ban takes effect Jan. 1; the cell-phone law will be enforced starting in July 2008.
Drivers are exempt in some situations, including emergencies, and neither offense will be enough to get a driver pulled over by the police.
But parents of children injured in collisions with such drivers said the new laws are still a major improvement.
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My problem comes with the Kids, and threatening to STOP the car, and drop them off, If they dont SHUT UP.
I think I can guarentee, that the NEXT cop past, would have words with you.
And as I showd a friend, the best way to end an argument over a phone…TURN it OFF, CLICK.
As to txting…Ive done abit on the OLD PDA’s with limited numbers, and you can get fast and VERY good. BUT you arnt using BOTH hands on the wheel.
Im waiting for the FIRSt car that detects when you release the wheel, and Automatically STOPS the car..
THEn Im wiating for the BYPASS tot he feature.
I think this is absurd. What is next? Are we going to have laws against eating in our car. Now I do admit there are some not so smart people who think that they are invincible. But perhaps the only solution is just to educate people. If a person needs to write a person a quick message I believe they should be allowed. That is there right and no one should take it away.