The House in Montgomery has voted to ban texting while driving. You can read the story in the Birmingham News. We talked at length with sponsor Jim McClendon (R-Springville) during the production of the APT documentary "License To Drive" in 2008, and he said there are actually legislators who oppose the bill because they think we Alabamians shouldn't have the Government telling us what we can do in our cars. While there might be some merit to that argument when it comes to seat-belts (albeit a tiny one), anyone who thinks they should be allowed to drive while not looking out the front window is nuts. That's me in the other car and my life you're messing with. Shame on them. (Though it probably doesn't matter much anyway cause like most legislation, it will likely die in the Senate.)
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Feb 20, 2009
Text Driving
The House in Montgomery has voted to ban texting while driving. You can read the story in the Birmingham News. We talked at length with sponsor Jim McClendon (R-Springville) during the production of the APT documentary "License To Drive" in 2008, and he said there are actually legislators who oppose the bill because they think we Alabamians shouldn't have the Government telling us what we can do in our cars. While there might be some merit to that argument when it comes to seat-belts (albeit a tiny one), anyone who thinks they should be allowed to drive while not looking out the front window is nuts. That's me in the other car and my life you're messing with. Shame on them. (Though it probably doesn't matter much anyway cause like most legislation, it will likely die in the Senate.)
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