Nanny State: Feds Wants Nationwide Ban on Cell Phone Use While Driving

Jim Forsyth
Reuters
April 27, 2012

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood called on Thursday for a federal law to ban talking on a cell phone or texting while driving any type of vehicle on any road in the country.

Tough federal legislation is the only way to deal with what he called a “national epidemic,” he said at a distracted-driving summit in San Antonio, Texas, that drew doctors, advocates and government officials.

LaHood said it is important for the police to have “the opportunity to write tickets when people are foolishly thinking they can drive safely or use a cell phone and text and drive.”

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This article was posted: Friday, April 27, 2012 at 11:29 am

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