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Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Ind. Laws - "Lawmaker to push texting-driving ban"
Following up on this earlier ILB today on texting, Niki Kelly of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a report that begins:
INDIANAPOLIS – An area lawmaker hopes to outlaw texting while driving for all Hoosiers during the 2010 legislative session.Sen. Travis Holdman, R-Markle, sponsored legislation this year that prohibits the practice for teen drivers. [SEA 16] Now he wants to take the next step and ban texting and e-mailing while driving for all drivers.
“A driver’s crash risk doubles when attention is taken off the road for two or more seconds,” Holdman said. “An increasing number of people are texting and e-mailing while driving, which diverts their attention away from the road and endangers other motorists, passengers and pedestrians. This legislation will save lives.”
He filed the bill, which would call for a fine if the ban is violated, last week. Legislators will be in session Jan. 5.
Indiana would join 18 other states and the District of Columbia in banning motorists from texting while driving.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on November 3, 2009 12:15 PM
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