Comments on: Texting And Driving Is Now Illegal In Alabama

By: chris scott

chris scott — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 01:58:58 +0000

Well I am here to clear this issue of will you get punished for TEXTING&DRIVING.
YES IS THE ANSWER!!!! I have a clean and perfect driving record up till receiving
this and today I went to court for this today and was hit with a $650 fine and
a ONE YEAR PROBATION!!! So be careful everyone.

By: sam wiley

sam wiley — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 03:35:59 +0000

can a ticket for texting in alabama get as high as 400.00 1st time???

By: No Excuses

No Excuses — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:18:37 +0000

@ Brent,’

Unfortunately, I believe you are correct. Young people tend to have an immortality complex and believe that it can’t happen to them.

I am for less government involvement, but I would encourage our car manufacturers to continue exploring options that disable cell phones while the car is in motion. I know the technology is in prisons to circumvent the inmates who smuggle cell phones in to conduct business on an unmonitored line. If the phones don’t work, so what? No problem. The technology can even be turned on or off, depending on who is driving the car. It’s not sure-fire, but could help make a difference in accidents related to texting/talking while driving.

By: brent

brent — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 23:35:36 +0000

This law will do absolutely nothing to stop people from TWD, it will do nothing more than generate a little revenue for the state. Want a litmus test? Ask the students at Northview High who lost a friend because of texting to honestly answer the question are they still texting while driving? This law means nothing to the mass populus who text while driving…you can pile all of them who are doing it on top of those who are driving uninsured…

By: MIKE O.

MIKE O. — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 21:56:07 +0000

@??????

You are silly. I can guarantee that if you kill someone while texting, they will skip the $25 fine, and charge you with either vehicular homicide or neglegent homicide. You will go to prison for a very long time! You wont even have to worry about that measley $25.

Get real people!!!

By: ???????

??????? — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:25:33 +0000

I am not happy with this ruling at all.
$25 – is not near enough of a fine to stop people from texting and driving. Especially the younger kids.
So, if you kill someone else’s family while texting, we’ll fine you $25. Once again, what a joke!
Maybe if Florida ever accepts this as law, they’ll make the fines alot stiffer and not make a joke out of this very serious issue.

By: MIKE O.

MIKE O. — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:56:38 +0000

Im glad to see this. Hopefully FL will follow. And more than likely, no one will have to worry about this unless 1) you are blatantly texting right in front of the officers view, or 2) you are involved in an auto accident with injuries or death. In case 2, you can bet on phone records being pulled for time stamps.

Id rather have a drunk person driving behind the whell than a person driving and texting. At least the drunk is trying not to crash, where as a person texting isnt even looking at the road.

Mike against texting a driving. Save the children!!

By: Bob hudson

Bob hudson — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:52:12 +0000

This law makes me very happy, now Fla. needs to do the same. In this case the government is not stupid, the people are, who do this. You see , the simple solution is to PULL OVER if you have to talk on your phone or text. Nothing in any one’s life is so important that you can not pull over and use your phone. I would have started with 500.00 dollar fines , then a thousand. Bet you will put them down then. Wonder what would happen if auto insurance companies start asking, Do you use a cell phone, or text when you are driving?

By: Atmore G

Atmore G — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:19:41 +0000

I am so glad that Alabama has taken this action.. I travel a good bit, and almost always see people who are trying to text and drive.. They slow down, speed up, and sometimes drift from one lane to the other.. You cannot tell me that they can react quickly to any hazard on the road while they are texting.. Great job Alabama!

By: Res of Alabama

Res of Alabama — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:10:10 +0000

@Patriot

I don’t drive……I’m always in the passenger seat……one shouldn’t be presumptuous…