State House cellphone legislation targets teen drivers

Release Date 4 Mar, 2010 in Seattle Times

 
   
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State House cellphone legislation targets teen drivers

Seattle Times - Lillian Tucker - 4 Mar, 2010
The state House on Wednesday approved a measure barring 16- and 17-year-old drivers from texting or using any cellphone. Members also approved a ban on ...

WA House approves tougher texting and driving ban

Seattle Times - Curt Woodward - 4 Mar, 2010
Drivers who just can't resist tapping out a text message could be pulled over by police under a bill approved Wednesday by the state House. ...

WA House approves tougher texting and driving ban

Seattle Times - 4 Mar, 2010
Texting while driving could get you pulled over under a bill approved by the state House. The Associated Press Texting while driving could get you pulled ...

Arizona Senate kills texting while driving ban

BusinessWeek - Jonathan J. Cooper - 4 Mar, 2010
For the second year in a row, the Arizona Senate shot down an attempt to ban texting while driving amid concerns about imposing too ...

MA senate approved texting ban bill

WPRI.com - 4 Mar, 2010
Lawmakers signed off on the bill that bans texting while driving.

Senate OK's tests for older drivers

Boston Globe - Noah Bierman - ‎Mar 2, 2010‎
A House-passed bill forbids adult drivers from any use of a hand-held cellphone, while the Senate bill bans only texting. (Steven Senne/ Associated Press) ...

MA Senate texting ban

WPRI.com - ‎Mar 2, 2010‎
Massachusetts State Senate passes texting while driving ban.

Senate steers to texting ban

Boston Herald - ‎Mar 2, 2010‎
By Staff and wire reports The Massachusetts Senate voted yesterday to ban text messaging while driving, ban the use of cell phones by drivers under 18 and ...

Senate approves elderly driving bill, texting ban

Boston Herald - ‎Mar 2, 2010‎
By AP The Massachusetts Senate voted Tuesday to ban text messaging while driving and require motorists 75 and older to undergo regular cognitive and ...

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Boston Globe - Noah Bierman - ‎Mar 2, 2010‎
Soon to be a thing of the past? A woman texted while she drove recently in New Hampshire. The Massachusetts Senate today passed a bill that would make it ...

Senate debates elderly driving bill, texting ban

WWLP.com - ‎Mar 2, 2010‎
State Senators will debate bills that would ban text messaging while driving and require drivers 75 and older to undergo cognitive and physical screenings ...

Senate debates elderly driving bill, texting ban

Boston Herald - ‎Mar 2, 2010‎
By AP BOSTON â€" The Massachusetts Senate is taking up a bill that would ban text messaging while driving. The ban is included in legislation that would also ...

Ban on driver texting OK'd

Billings Gazette - 4 Mar, 2010
CHEYENNE â€" Despite some last-minute maneuvers in the state House of Representatives, a statewide ban on texting while driving appears set to become law. ...

Senate passes texting-while driving ban, rejects handheld phone ban

Burlington Union - 4 Mar, 2010
By Anonymous After narrowly defeating a proposal to ban drivers from using handheld cell phones, the Senate on Tuesday approved legislation that would ban ...

Arizona Bill Banning Texting While Driving Dies in Senate

Insurance Journal - Patricia-Anne Tom - 4 Mar, 2010
The Arizona Senate in an 11-11 vote failed to pass a bill that would have banned texting on a cell phone while driving. ...

Whose getting the message?: Lawmakers move toward ban on texting and driving

Eagle Tribune - Bill Kirk - 4 Mar, 2010
"I try to put my phone away while I'm driving," said Angela Smith, a Nashua, NH, resident who drives all over the Merrimack Valley as a dental ...

Cell phone use and texting while driving banned for teen drivers

HeraldNet (blog) - Jerry Cornfield - 4 Mar, 2010
The House approved a bill tonight that aims to take the cell phones out of the hands of teen-agers while they drive. The House passed Senate Bill 6345 on an ...

House weakens ban on phone use while driving

TheNewsTribune.com - Jordan Schrader - 4 Mar, 2010
A crackdown on talking on the phone while driving may have to wait for future years. The state House evening decided Wednesday evening against allowing ...

Bills May Ban Texting and Driving

WMBB-TV - Kevin Character - 4 Mar, 2010
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OUR VIEW: Safer drivers means safer roads for all of us

Taunton Daily Gazette - 4 Mar, 2010
After months stalled on Beacon Hill, legislation that could help prevent distracted driving is moving into the fast lane. The Senate is preparing to debate ...

Texting bill dies in the senate

Examiner.com - 4 Mar, 2010
The Associated Press reported this morning that: “For the second year in a row, the Arizona Senate on March 2 shot down an attempt to ban texting while ...

Bill would make texting while driving illegal

Sedona Red Rock News - Michael Maresh - 4 Mar, 2010
Motorists texting on their cell phones could be subjected to a fine under a bill State Sen. Al Melvin [R-District 26] is sponsoring. ...

Massachusetts Senate Passes Safe Driving Legislation

iBerkshires.com - 4 Mar, 2010
BOSTON â€" On Tuesday the Massachusetts Senate passed a safe driving legislative package that bans texting while driving, says State Senator Benjamin B. ...

Supporters of texting ban continue fight

KTAR.com - 4 Mar, 2010
by KTAR Newsroom (March 3rd, 2010 @ 7:27am) Supporters of a ban on texting while driving are vowing to continue their fight after the bill failed on a tie ...

Shenandoah residents spur new laws

SW Iowa News - 4 Mar, 2010
Last week the Iowa House and Senate both approved a measure that would ban drivers from typing and sending messages on their cell phones while driving. ...

Safe driving bill takes on passengers

The Patriot Ledger - Nancy Reardon - 4 Mar, 2010
It started with a bill calling for vision and road tests for elderly drivers that Sen. Brian Joyce, a Milton Democrat, filed repeatedly for ...

Bill sits in Senate committee for a month

Times Daily - M.J. Ellington - 4 Mar, 2010
Montgomery - The sponsor of a bill to ban text messaging and the use of hand-held cell phones while driving said Tuesday he will keep trying ...

Senate OKs new rules for drivers

MassLive.com - Dan Ring - ‎Mar 3, 2010‎
BOSTON - The Massachusetts Senate on Tuesday approved a bill that bans text messaging while driving, mandates that drivers 75 and older pass a ...

Ban on texting while driving passes in state Senate

Daily Free Press (subscription) - Renata Brito - ‎Mar 3, 2010‎
After weeks of discussion, Massachusetts lawmakers passed a bill in the Senate on Tuesday that would ban texting while driving and all cell ...

Lawmakers Optimistic Florida Will Pass Texting Ban in 2010

24-7PressRelease.com (press release) - ‎Mar 3, 2010‎
2010 may be the year that Florida passes a texting ban. Before that happens, issues have to be decided, including whether the ban will apply to all Florida ...

 

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