They have made it illegal to text in Florida

[butterflylover]

They have finally made it illlegal to text and drive in florida

 

[porterjack]

Good

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[hart]

Ditto

 

[The Man]

Be careful what you wish for. Next will be the phone will have to be powered off and out of reach....then there goes my navigation app.

 

[butterflylover]

Good

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Yes it is,it's about time.

 

[griz bear]

you can't drive and text in Idaho

 

[The Man]

You still can here if you are over 21.
We do things a little different here...while it may be legal...you will be at fault if you have an accident and will be punished accordingly with manslaughter and what have you.
Just like it you were reaching in the back seat and rear ended someone...legal..but if you kill someone its your ass.
Texting and driving is just a bad idea....thats the point ...If a person can do it at a red light or what have you then shouldn't be dangerous.
We have stiff laws on construction zones...hit a worker and its a 10 thousand dollar fine an loss the license for a year.
Thats if he lives and isnt hurt.
Not sure if the law says you are not to be on a cellphone in a construction zone here...but everyone stays off them when going through...You used to have to hang em up as they could interfere with their radios etc...I dont think it would interfere with them now..but I dont know if the law has been updated.
Not sure what our texting accident ratio is to other states...I know people that used to do it..but after several public service announcements asking people to stop ..they stopped....Kinda remind me of smokey the bear commercials but being traffic safety rather than forest fires.

 

[MikeyPaine]

Maryland made talking on cell phones illegal on the 1st, not sure what the laws are about texting. Good for Florida though, texting and driving is dangerous.

 

[The Man]

Maryland made talking on cell phones illegal on the 1st, not sure what the laws are about texting. Good for Florida though, texting and driving is dangerous.

Thats a shame as talking on the phone is reasonable enough during alot of driving conditions.

 

[porterjack]

Thats a shame as talking on the phone is reasonable enough during alot of driving conditions.

Cops do it all the time

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[MyDigitalpoint]

In my city is supposed to be illegal texting or even using the cell phone without a hands-free device, but the true and sad fact is that people do not only keep using their cell phones while driving, but also have small TV sets, computers and all the paraphernalia you can think of aboard the car in a handy way so drivers can be doing whatever they like excepting put attention into the road ahead

And the authority? Fine thanks :mad

 

[TABL]

It's been illegal here in NY for a while and they recently upped the fines.

I thin texting and driving is dangerous. But I do think talking is ok if you're not looking/ typing.

 

[pandandesign]

It will soon be illegal to text and drive in any state because that's why there are a lot of accidents out there in the country. I don't see the reason people who text and drive can really pay attention to the road. I am really frustrated when I see people text while they're driving because they don't even care about their own safety.