Bill: Ban Use Of Electronic Mobile Devices In Cars

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House Bill 980, which has a hearing Monday (Feb. 11) in House Transportation, would do the following:

… prohibit the use of cellular phones and other mobile electronic devices while operating a vehicle, with certain exceptions, and to specifically prohibit activities such as texting, instant messaging, gaming, and emailing activities that take a driver’s eyes off the road, mind off the road, and hands off the wheel. …

According to the bill, “In 2007, the Hawaii department of transportation showed that of the 8,770 collisions that happened during that year, 2,871 (thirty-two per cent) were attributed to inattention to driving.”

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Photo courtesy Yutaka Tsutano.

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