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Federal Lawmakers Step In to Regulate Texting and Driving

Jul 29, 2009, 10:08 AM by Eric M. Zeman

Several Democratic senators are proposing new legislation that would require states to ban drivers from sending text messages and emails while operating moving vehicles. If states don't comply with the federal mandate, they face losing up to 25% of their federal highway funds. If the legislation is passed, the transportation secretary would have six months to create guidelines for the states, which would then have up to another two years to implement the texting/emailing bans. The law would not prevent drivers from sending messages in vehicles that are parked. The proposed legislation follows several nationally publicized stories regarding drivers who were sending text messages in the moments before accidents that resulted in property damage, deaths and injuries.

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Why doesn't anybody see the problem with this issue?	DarkStar	Jul 29, 2009, 6:47 PM
Re: Why doesn't anybody see the problem with this issue? by evrodude Jul 29, 2009, 10:34 PM Re: Why doesn't anybody see the problem with this issue? by DarkStar Jul 29, 2009, 11:49 PM Re: Why doesn't anybody see the problem with this issue? by Veritas117 Jul 30, 2009, 7:46 AM Re: Why doesn't anybody see the problem with this issue? by DarkStar Jul 30, 2009, 11:31 AM WRONG by Gadget Junky Aug 2, 2009, 9:10 AM Re: Why doesn't anybody see the problem with this issue? by nexsprint Jul 30, 2009, 2:11 PM Re: Why doesn't anybody see the problem with this issue? by DarkStar Jul 30, 2009, 3:16 PM Re: Why doesn't anybody see the problem with this issue? by nexsprint Jul 31, 2009, 9:48 AM Re: Why doesn't anybody see the problem with this issue? by DarkStar Jul 31, 2009, 3:42 PM (more replies...) Actually... by Gadget Junky Aug 2, 2009, 9:19 AM
Cell Ban???	TmobileEmp	Jul 29, 2009, 10:22 AM
Re: Cell Ban??? by avissugar Jul 29, 2009, 10:46 AM Re: Cell Ban??? by Overmann Aug 1, 2009, 9:18 AM Re: Cell Ban??? by justfinethanku Jul 29, 2009, 10:48 AM Re: Cell Ban??? by HumanStudios Jul 29, 2009, 10:49 AM Re: Cell Ban??? by TmobileEmp Jul 29, 2009, 11:36 AM Whatever happened to? by Jayshmay Jul 29, 2009, 10:54 AM Re: Whatever happened to? by Tmo Slave Jul 29, 2009, 5:59 PM Re: Whatever happened to? by Overmann Aug 1, 2009, 9:20 AM Re: Cell Ban??? by sprintisbetter Jul 29, 2009, 11:13 AM Re: Cell Ban??? by WiWavelength Jul 29, 2009, 11:24 AM Re: Cell Ban??? by Tmo Slave Jul 29, 2009, 6:12 PM Re: Cell Ban??? by WiWavelength Jul 29, 2009, 8:30 PM Re: Cell Ban??? by asLeepLessman Jul 30, 2009, 7:44 PM (more replies...) My reason for this tho by TmobileEmp Jul 29, 2009, 11:42 AM Re: Cell Ban??? by asLeepLessman Jul 29, 2009, 11:58 AM Re: Cell Ban??? by Overmann Aug 1, 2009, 9:32 AM Re: Cell Ban??? by asLeepLessman Aug 1, 2009, 9:45 AM Re: Cell Ban??? by KMFS1 Jul 29, 2009, 12:23 PM Re: Cell Ban??? by ecycled Jul 29, 2009, 6:16 PM Re: Cell Ban??? by allboutvzw Aug 1, 2009, 7:32 PM
How do they plan on enforcing this?	bdo3272	Jul 29, 2009, 7:18 PM
Re: How do they plan on enforcing this? by bdo3272 Jul 29, 2009, 7:22 PM Re: How do they plan on enforcing this? by looch_himself Jul 29, 2009, 7:39 PM Re: How do they plan on enforcing this? by evrodude Jul 29, 2009, 10:38 PM Re: How do they plan on enforcing this? by looch_himself Jul 29, 2009, 11:21 PM (more replies...) Re: How do they plan on enforcing this? by xanadul14619 Jul 30, 2009, 10:05 AM (more replies...) Re: How do they plan on enforcing this? by xanadul14619 Jul 30, 2009, 10:03 AM Re: How do they plan on enforcing this? by nexsprint Jul 30, 2009, 2:21 PM Re: How do they plan on enforcing this? by jetaudio77 Jul 31, 2009, 9:01 AM Re: How do they plan on enforcing this? by asLeepLessman Aug 1, 2009, 9:40 AM
How about...	Veritas117	Jul 30, 2009, 7:48 AM
Re: How about... by xanadul14619 Jul 30, 2009, 10:08 AM Re: How about... by jhr2112 Jul 31, 2009, 7:46 PM Re: How about... by asLeepLessman Aug 1, 2009, 9:24 AM
Ban wearing clothes while driving next??	netboy	Jul 29, 2009, 1:01 PM
Re: Ban wearing clothes while driving next?? by asLeepLessman Jul 29, 2009, 1:11 PM Re: Ban wearing clothes while driving next?? by netboy Jul 29, 2009, 2:26 PM Re: Ban wearing clothes while driving next?? by williamx Jul 29, 2009, 2:28 PM Re: Ban wearing clothes while driving next?? by asLeepLessman Jul 29, 2009, 3:16 PM Re: Ban wearing clothes while driving next?? by xanadul14619 Jul 30, 2009, 10:13 AM Re: Ban wearing clothes while driving next?? by Veritas117 Jul 30, 2009, 7:44 AM Re: Ban wearing clothes while driving next?? by xanadul14619 Jul 30, 2009, 10:12 AM Re: Ban wearing clothes while driving next?? by williamx Jul 29, 2009, 2:27 PM Re: Ban wearing clothes while driving next?? by looch_himself Jul 29, 2009, 5:30 PM Re: Ban wearing clothes while driving next?? by Slammer Jul 29, 2009, 2:28 PM Re: Ban wearing clothes while driving next?? by mackygirl Jul 29, 2009, 2:38 PM Re: Ban wearing clothes while driving next?? by Tmo Slave Jul 29, 2009, 6:01 PM Re: Ban wearing clothes while driving next?? by xanadul14619 Jul 30, 2009, 10:10 AM
Don't Ban	jhr2112	Jul 29, 2009, 12:40 PM
Re: Don't Ban by mackygirl Jul 29, 2009, 3:37 PM Re: Don't Ban by Veritas117 Jul 30, 2009, 7:41 AM
How would they know you were texting prior to the accident?	Area51	Jul 29, 2009, 1:15 PM
Re: How would they know you were texting prior to the accident? by JeffdaBeat Jul 29, 2009, 1:42 PM Re: How would they know you were texting prior to the accident? by Slammer Jul 29, 2009, 2:17 PM Re: How would they know you were texting prior to the accident? by debgram1 Jul 29, 2009, 5:22 PM Re: How would they know you were texting prior to the accident? by ecycled Jul 29, 2009, 6:27 PM Re: How would they know you were texting prior to the accident? by Slammer Jul 29, 2009, 9:14 PM Re: How would they know you were texting prior to the accident? by Veritas117 Jul 30, 2009, 7:24 AM
there accidents before cellphones!	netboy	Jul 29, 2009, 2:36 PM
Re: there accidents before cellphones! by looch_himself Jul 29, 2009, 5:36 PM Re: there accidents before cellphones! by Tmo Slave Jul 29, 2009, 5:56 PM Re: there accidents before cellphones! by mackygirl Jul 29, 2009, 6:09 PM Re: there accidents before cellphones! by ecycled Jul 29, 2009, 6:19 PM yeah so i guess it would be ok if you got hit by TheBlueCat Jul 29, 2009, 9:44 PM
everyone arguing over this is a baby..	TheBlueCat	Jul 29, 2009, 9:40 PM
It's like driving under the influence of alcohol as they say..	RottenApple83	Jul 29, 2009, 11:27 AM

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