Originally published by William K. Berenson.
Measure Would Have Saved Countless Lives
The much-anticipated anti-texting bill died in the Texas Senate in the last moments of the session earlier this week, so in most parts of the state it is still legal to text while driving a vehicle. Somehow we are one of the only five states in the U.S. to allow drivers to do this on an almost unlimited basis. Yet state lawmakers recognize the danger and don’t allow drivers under the age of 18 to do this or let any driver to text or even use a cell phone in a school zone.
House Bill 80 was approved by the Texas House in March and it was widely assumed that it would pass the Senate and be sent to the governor for signature. Unfortunately, the law fell one vote short of reaching the Senate floor and so was not even debated.
In response to the defeat of HB80, the bill’s cosponsor Rep. Tom Craddick said: “Anybody who dies from texting while driving in the next two years, that’s on the back of those [opposing] senators.” Craddick has been trying to pass this law for years, and succeeded until then Governor Perry vetoed the legislation.
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