The Low-Tech Times

Dave Caldwell of The New York Times reports that New Jersey has banned drivers from sending text messages while driving in a new act which took effect on March 1, 2008.  Here is an excerpt from Dave’s article:

Mr. Sweeney almost paid a price for, as the saying goes, driving while “intexticated.” About a year ago, he said, he almost got into a collision as he was text-messaging while driving. It was the type of close call, he said, that prompted him to do something a little more drastic than throw away his BlackBerry.

Mr. Sweeney, a Democrat from Gloucester County, co-sponsored a bill that prohibited text-messaging or sending an electronic message while driving. It was signed into law Nov. 2 and went into effect March 1.

This law makes New Jersey the second state to ban simultaneous texting and driving; Washington state was first in the nation to ban the dangerous practice.

The Low-Tech Times previously reported that Virginia and Maryland were proposing bans.  The Low-Tech Times has also learned that Tennessee may also enact a ban soon, according an article by the Tennessean’s Bonna Johnson.

The Low-Tech Times fully supports measures that discourage this unnecessary and unsafe practice. What’s going on in your state?

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