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FL Senate Committee bill that bans texting

Texting Results in Deadly Crash

Hawaii Considers
DWT Ban

Virginia Tech Transportation Institute: Fact Sheet

CNN reports several states trying to ban texting while driving

Texting Kills Two
in New Zealand

Virginia Considers BanOn Driving
While Texting

DOT
Driver Inattention
Study

Fatal hit-run driver was texting, DA says

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On April 1, 2008 the Florida Senate Transportation Committee unanimously passed out a bill that bans texting while operating a motor vehicle for people of all ages. The language was an amendment to the bill sponsored by Senator Carey Baker, Republican from District 20. Senator Baker's bill also bans the use of cell phones by anyone 18 and younger while operating a motor vehicle.

Senator Baker, and his Committee, should be applauded for making the streets of Florida safer for all citizens.

Click here for the Bill History.

Other News

Under the Influence of a Cellular Phone (Sun-Sentinel.com, 2/29/08) DWT Op-Ed

Hawaii Considers DWT Ban (KALEO.org, 2/7/08)

Several States Trying to Ban Texting While Driving (CNN.com, 1/21/08)

Texting Kills Two in New Zealand (Stuff.co.ze, The Dominion Post, 1/17/08)

Virginia Considers Ban on Driving While Texting (WashingtonPost.com, 1/12/08)

STUDY: The Impact of Driver Inattention
on Near-Crash/Crash Risk
(US Department of Transportation, April 2006)

Fatal hit-run driver was texting, DA says (Boston.com, The Boston Journal, 12/29/07)

Should Driving While Texting Be A Crime? (MSN.com for The Wall Street Journal)

AZ Ordinance: Text-Free is the Way to be While Driving (GCCvoice.com, 10/3/07)

Texting While Driving Should be Illegal (FoxNews.com, 9/18/07)

Texting while driving is killing people (Salt Lake Tribune, 8/21/07)

Text messaging to blame for fatal accident (AZCentral.com, 8/14/07)

Facts & Statistics: Cell phones and driving (Insurance Information Institute, August 2007)

Texting results in Deadly Crash (Newcastle, England, 7/22/07)

Texting suspected in 5 girls' deaths (ABCnews.com, 7/14/07)

Washington State bans texting while driving (NetworkWorld.com, 5/12/07)

Radio Interview about text messaging while driving (WA House Republicans Website, April 2007) Audio file

Driving While Texting: A Clear Dangerl (CBSnews.com, 11/22/06)

 

 

 

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