June 29, 2012 TRENTON – In its final voting session before Saturday’s budget deadline, the Senate on Thursday approved dozens of bills previously passed by the Assembly, including one to stiffen penalties for drivers who have injured or killed others because they were using their cellphones. Under the bill, which the Senate and Assembly passed … Read more
June 27, 2012 USA Today (6/26) reported, “Growing concern over the continued use of cellphones by drivers has some states reviewing laws against the practice and exploring stiffer fines and harsher penalties.” Recent research “by the Highway Loss Data Institute, an affiliate of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, found that current texting bans are … Read more
June 11, 2012 The New Jersey Senate Law and Public Safety Committee on Monday recommended increased fines for texting or talking on a cell phone while driving. The committee passed a measure, S-69, that would raise the current $100 fine to $200 for a first offense, $400 for a second offense and $600 for a … Read more
June 8, 2012 ABC World News (6/6, lead story, 3:00, Sawyer) reported, “A landmark verdict in Massachusetts today convicted a driver of vehicular homicide, and his crime was blamed on texting while driving.” ABC (Robach) added that a “Massachusetts judge…imposed the maximum sentence, two and a half years behind bars on 18-year-old Aaron Deveau for … Read more
Read this article on the State House rejecting the “Jacy Good Law”, the proposed state law banning cell phones use while driving. Jacy Good sees Pennsylvania as an island of dangerous behaviors like distracted driving. Most bordering states have laws banning the use of hand-held cell phones while operating a motor vehicle. A similar proposal … Read more
The New York Times reports, a study conducted by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute indicated that when drivers texted, their chances of crashing was 23 times higher than when not texting. Read More
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