Texas Governor Signs Texting While Driving Ban Into Law

Governor Greg Abbott concluded a ban on Tuesday and ended a ten-year effort by security advocacy groups to reduce distraction of potential fatal drivers

This law will come into force in September and the State of Texas will be one of the last countries to receive some text message.

For first-time criminals, SMS will be fined up to $ 99, and in the case of repeated crimes it will be a fine of $ 200.

State law only covers text messages and prohibits using mobile phones for "reading, writing, or sending electronic messages" while driving.

Mr Abbott said he would like to pass state laws that abolish the law prohibiting the use of mobile devices, rather than sending text messages during driving, when members of the assembly meet at Tuesday's July and August special meetings It was.

After the church 's bus hit 13 people in March, the problem got new momentum. Federal investigators said the drivers' drivers who crashed into the bus said they were taking prescription medications while checking the documents at the time of the accident.

Some parliamentarians may be legitimate if they are worried that the ban is difficult to implement and difficult to implement and if they mistakenly believe that the text message is on a mobile phone or mobile device Give the police new powers to attract no people.

"I always tell my kids not to do this and it is very important to wait until the next destination.When I see my phone I am very shy If someone sends me a text message "I think that we all need to reevaluate the true importance of the phone we are driving," Amy Brace of the driver said.

The driver Misbah Vency said one of her friends was sending a text message from his waist while driving a collision in the DFW area.

"Because something is possible, I advocate not to text messages or driving, the accident changed her life and changed some of us," Vency says It was.

According to the Texas State Transportation Bureau, in 2016 there were nearly 110,000 traffic accidents involving distracting driving. This is 3% more than last year.

In Texas state there are more than four invoices to regulate the use of driving text messages. For now, prohibition of driving text messages is only available to certain drivers. The Association of Road Safety Insurance said drivers are banned text messages while driving in schools under the age of 18, but drivers are forbidden text messages while driving underage It has said. - After a football game, a night after returning home, when I received a text message, my friend was near her. She did not want to check it, but she could not wait for her to go home. She picked up a cell phone to read the mail. This is her boyfriend. "Why are you busy?" Everything is okay, she clicks a reply and starts replying to the message. She has twelve characters in a message from another lane, another car is coming, a truck

After the law is enacted, the state of Texas will be one of the last countries to take action when driving is prohibited. The text message is fined, the first offender is fined up to $ 99, and the offender is fined up to $ 200. According to Governor Traffic Safety Association, Arizona State, Missouri State, Montana State are the only states that do not display text if driving is prohibited. Over the years security advocates have urged text messages to be banned. Legislators passed the ban in 2011, but the governor of the day refused it. After thirteen people crashed on the bus at Rick Perry March, the problem got further momentum. Federal investigators said the drivers' drivers who crashed into the bus said they were taking prescription medications while checking the documents at the time of the accident.