texting and driving

[Porsche Monkey]

Is now against the law in my home town of San Antonio Tx.  Bout time. 

[LMT]

It has been the law in WA for a while now.  Here is a sad video about a teen who died.

Distracted Driving / Heather Lerch (full-length version) / Driving while Texting

[fastwin]

Hopefully it will get enforced. I can see police officers having many more important things to do but the idiots that do a lot of that are killing and maiming people left and right and last time I checked that was kind of important to. Hopefully DFW will expand it's ban in school zones to every road all the time. But they already act like that won't happen anytime soon. Sad.

[IZ]

It's been the law here in AZ for about a year.  I still yell at

FUKING
AZZHOLES

that do it and get in my lane or drive retarded everyday!! 

[zarn02]

Unforeseen consequences...

[Porsche Monkey]

Hopefully it will get enforced. I can see police officers having many more important things to do but the idiots that do a lot of that are killing and maiming people left and right and last time I checked that was kind of important to. Hopefully DFW will expand it's ban in school zones to every road all the time. But they already act like that won't happen anytime soon. Sad.

I think they said Austin and El Paso already enacted laws. DFW can't be far behind.

[Kopfjäger]

I don't really see how it can be enforced.

[IZ]

I don't really see how it can be enforced.

Unless cops see it or witnesses to accidents see it.  Stiffer penalties can be enforced.

[ungeheuer]

I don't really see how it can be enforced.

You're right, it pretty much cant/wont be.  Been illegal to handle a mobile phone whilst driving in my part of the world for quite some time.  Thats no texting and no talking either (unless via an approved handsfree kit).  But every day I see arseholes texting away as they weave all over the road.  When one of these self-important tossers actually crashes, then  checks their mobile phone records to see if phone use was a contributing factor. 

Something about barn doors and bolted horses springs to mind......

[sbrguy]

it can be enforeced like any other laws, if they see you you get a a ticket, same thing as if they see you weaving and give you a ticket for reckless driving or such.  then its you and him in court telling it to the judge and he believes one or the other.

it can be enforced only question is how much will it be enforced.

the only way drunk driving is enforced is that you are pulled over for something else and then you get dinged, or fi there was a check point but most people get dinged for bad driving so this should be no different.

[redxblack]

Distracted driving is illegal in my area. I like that. It still doesn't stop the rolling phonebooths.

[Kopfjäger]

I still say almost impossible to enforce. Yeah every now and again someone might get popped, but what about looking down at your phone to see who's calling, etc. etc. Great law on the books but.........

[zarn02]

Hooray for laws that don't accomplish anything!

[Kopfjäger]

Hooray for laws that don't accomplish anything!

Somebody probably got a star on their paper. 

[muskrat]

there is a company that is working on a module that prevents your phone from sending and receiving texts in the car unless through one that can read them aloud and take voice commands.  I'd be up for this to be standard........emails too.