Law makers concerned with the rising rate of Utah car accidents involving the use of cell phones or text messaging, are proposing legislation this session to set restrictions on cell phone/texting use. In an interesting development, The Utah Dept. Of Transportation says that cell phone driving restrictions will hurt their snow plowing efforts. The legislator who has proposed the bill, Rep. Phil Riesen, is proposing to make the use of a wireless device while driving a class C misdemeanor. But, others in UDOT say that drivers already use two-way radios to communicate. It appears that UDOT’s big concern is that their 2-way radios may somehow be classified as a “wireless device.”
UDOT director is not so sure that a cell phone/text messaging bill would pass in the first place. He says that “most legislators driver around with Blackberries all the time, using them while they drive.”
Published by: Ron Kramer
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