(spring 2018)
After 11 attempts, will Arizona ban texting while driving?
A bill to outlaw texting while driving passed the Senate Transportation Committee unanimously yesterday, signaling a possible shift. Similar bills have been introduced in the Arizona legislature, and died, for over a decade. Several possible explanatinos for the shift were explored by Arizona Republic columnist Roberts: Is Arizona ready (finally) to ban texting while driving?
This is front-page news the morning after the unanimous committee vote, 2/7/2018:
Just before casting his vote, committee Chairman Rep. Bob Worsley, R-Mesa apologized to the public for taking so long to move the bill forward. “Sometimes it just seems like our political ideology gets in the way of common sense,” he said. — AZ Republic 2/7/2018
Here’s another news story from azcapitoltimes.com
Follow SB1261 texting while driving; prohibition on azleg.gov
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