It could be the next service announced by your car’s GPS feature when you drive from state to state: letting you know what highway exit to take — and warning you about whether texting/phoning while driving in that state is legal. Tuesday’s move by the Department of Transportation to outlaw texting while driving for interstate commercial traffic makes it clear that the federal government is making distracted driving a priority in 2010. However, it also adds to the tangle of separate state and, in some cases, civic regulations.
No talking while driving. That a stupid law. Now your leaders are going to far. If the police see you moving your lips they can and will stop you. Welcome to the police state. Your freedom has gone to the middle east.
DoT Adds Another Law to Anti-Texting Crazy Quilt
Posted by: Renay San Miguel January 26, 2010 02:49 PMIt could be the next service announced by your car’s GPS feature when you drive from state to state: letting you know what highway exit to take — and warning you about whether texting/phoning while driving in that state is legal. Tuesday’s move by the Department of Transportation to outlaw texting while driving for interstate commercial traffic makes it clear that the federal government is making distracted driving a priority in 2010. However, it also adds to the tangle of separate state and, in some cases, civic regulations.