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New Calif. Ban on Driver Cell Calls Doesn’t Cover Text Messages
Posted May 28, 2008, 03:33 pm CDT
By Martha Neil
California lawmakers took a step in the right direction when they prohibited drivers from talking on handheld cell phones under a new law that takes effect July 1.
But they missed an opportunity by not at the same time prohibiting drivers from sending text messages, says a Mercury News editorial.
"That requires not only holding a device but looking at it," the San Jose newspaper points out. "And doesn't texting take two hands? This would leave steering to—what, the elbows?"
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