The fight against distracted driving may be at a tipping point as 23 states debate legislation to ban texting while driving, a practice 19 states already prohibit.
“Legislators are looking to see if it (texting) is enough of a safety issue that they need to intervene,” says Anne Teigen, a transportation specialist for the National Conference of State Legislatures, who says 194 bills concerning various forms of distracted driving, including texting, are being debated in 34 states. “They often get involved because there’s a high-profile accident that had to do with texting. Also, because everybody has a cellphone now.”
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