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State Bans Texting While Driving

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the safr-4-u dept.

netbuzz writes "The state of Washington yesterday became the first in the nation to ban text-messaging while driving. The law could use sharper teeth, but it's a natural and necessary progression of the movement to clamp down on those who find the need to constantly communicate more important than the safety of their fellow travelers."

2 of 329 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Whatever happened to common sense? by Noginbump · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I was out having a smoke in front of my local bar

    Please don't tell us that you live somewhere where a person can't smoke in a bar.

    If so, your location has greater problems than bad drivers: bad voters.
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  2. Re:Whatever happened to common sense? by belg4mit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So a factory owner should be allowed to run a shop that's not in compliance with OSHA
    regulations as long as it's his intention do so, and all of his employees "agree" to it?
    Brilliant!

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