Comments on: Lawmakers Approve Texting While Driving Ban, Awaiting Scott’s Signature

By: JimBob

JimBob — Sun, 05 May 2013 15:37:32 +0000

Another useless bit of legislation. A LEO sitting on the side of the road, sees someone texting while driving but the LEO can’t do anything until the person causes an accident, runs a red light, crosses the line or whatever. What a great deterrent! Of course, we deserve laws like this since we elected the morons to go to Tallahassee to represent us.

By: huh

huh — Fri, 03 May 2013 23:13:45 +0000

Reckless driving laws already exist, so i dont see the extra need for this

By: bigbill1961

bigbill1961 — Fri, 03 May 2013 22:08:50 +0000

39-1. Who was the lone knucklehead who voted against a life-saving piece of legislation? NOTHING is so important that you must put yourself and other motorists at risk. I was driving home from work to day, and the lady in the lane next to me came close to hitting me as she was typing away, oblivious to the rest of the sane world. I agree though, that passing this legislation is one thing, having penalties stiff enough to make it effective is another.

By: Charlene Clayton

Charlene Clayton — Fri, 03 May 2013 17:54:19 +0000

Texting while driving is just stupid looking for a place to happen. Not only is texting dangerous while driving it is also dangerous for an entirely different reason, people are loosing the ability to verbally communicate and also to spell correctly. Example: lol, so very tired of seeing this on everything, including e-mails. I still have a basic cell phone which you open and say hello and close after you say goodby. Nothing wrong with it. I don’t talk on the phone while driving, if a call comes through I wait until I reach my destination or while traveling a rest stop. Nothing is so important that it cannot wait until safe to talk. While I am on a roll, enough already with the phone glued to your ear while checking out in a store. This is a prime example of rude behavior, stop talking take care of paying the cashier and leave.

By: mick

mick — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:29:03 +0000

Exactly Woody, this law has no teeth, just like Alabama’s law…you are not going to deter anyone from this texting/reading text while driving menace… if the lawmakers cared the penalties for one thing would be severe even for first offenses, and this offense taking a back seat to some other offense as the reason for stopping someone is ridiculous…When I’m in traffic it is easy to tell when someone is texting…THEY ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE…DUH!… POLITICIANS, for once, just once, earn your @#!@ paycheck and do something that is going to make a worthwhile difference like saving lives, and punishing all these selfserving idiots severely that text/read text while operating a motor vehicle…

By: WOODY DAW

WOODY DAW — Fri, 03 May 2013 12:03:34 +0000

When a person dies in a crash from another texting, whats the point trying to prove they where texting? A person is dead for crying out loud. You havent accomplished nothing after the person is dead. 3 to 5 seconds and its over, weather you are answering your phone dialing a # or txting. Not a strict enough policy for me.