Texting on Carrollwood Area Roads: Should it be Illegal?
The Florida Senate is once again considering joining the 39 states that have already outlawed the act on their roads.
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Carrollwood area motorists who like to cruise down area roads while sending text messages to their friends might soon find themselves on the wrong side of the law.
The Florida Senate is once again taking up a bill that would ban texting-while-driving, according to The Tampa Tribune.
While the state’s Legislature has tried to ban the act in the past and failed, proponents of the measure keep bringing it back up.
If the bill makes it through the Legislature, it would make texting behind the wheel a secondary offense, the Tribune reported. That means police would have to have another reason to pull a driver over to be able to issue a ticket.
According to Forbes, texting-while-driving is linked to 11 teen deaths a day. It’s also blamed as a root cause behind 25 percent of the accidents in the country for a total of 1.6 million a year.
Do you think it’s time to ban texting behind the wheel? Share your thoughts by taking the poll or commenting below.
Sharon Mulry
7:54 am on Thursday, March 7, 2013
It is beyond belief that this law hasn't already gone into effect. How many people have to die before they do something about this???
Wendy Leblanc
9:21 am on Thursday, March 7, 2013
Should ANY texting while driving be banned? YES!!!!! A no-brainer!
RD
5:14 pm on Thursday, March 7, 2013
and it should include police, firemen, and any other *emergency* personnel. They don't have magical powers that preclude them or make them any less dangerous. You take your eyes off the road, you are a menace to everyone including yourself.