Yesterday's Tulsa World has an article by Rhett Morgan about Claremore High's effort to stem TWD (texting while driving).
It's no surprise that doing something distracting while driving is dangerous, but it's disheartening that texting while driving has caused auto accidents. A school teacher and her daughter were seriously injured by a driver distracted on a cell phone. The driver was cited for driving left of center in a marked zone.
Claremore High School has started a pledge drive with bracelets that have "TWD is NO LOL matter to ME" to help pay for the medical bills.
So should texting while driving be banned in Oklahoma?
Newswest 9 in Texas states the possiblity of banning TWD in Austin. Roma Vivas leads with:
It's no surprise that doing something distracting while driving is dangerous, but it's disheartening that texting while driving has caused auto accidents. A school teacher and her daughter were seriously injured by a driver distracted on a cell phone. The driver was cited for driving left of center in a marked zone.
Claremore High School has started a pledge drive with bracelets that have "TWD is NO LOL matter to ME" to help pay for the medical bills.
So should texting while driving be banned in Oklahoma?
Newswest 9 in Texas states the possiblity of banning TWD in Austin. Roma Vivas leads with:
You can't drink and drive, you probably shouldn't eat and drive, But what about texting? The City of Austin is looking at ban on texting while on the road.The article goes on to state that seven states have similar laws banning it. California is one of those. Back in September the Governator banned sending, writing or reading messages on electronic devises starting Jan. 1, 2009. Schwarzenegger's legislation carries a $20 fine for the first offense and $50 fines thereafter. The L.A. Times article has a comical video about what drivers can still do even though it's improper to talk on a cell phone without a hands-free device. The driver in the video reads the newspaper, crochets, read's a magazine, takes notes, eats some food, brushes his teeth, shaves, trims his nose hair (!), and changes into a dress shirt and tie.
