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Article of the Week

Vale Middle School –– Meridian Couple Urges Congress to Ban Texting While Driving

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what she is. "These accidents happen. I don't care who you think you

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unfortunately," she said.

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation distracted

driving website, 30 states and the District of Columbia currently ban

texting while driving. Idaho is not included in that group. Texting

while driving in Idaho is a violation that falls under contributing

circumstances. Legislation is pending in Congress that would push

for a total nationwide texting while driving ban. The federal

government wants this to become law so much that it is encouraging

states to adopt the law or risk losing 25 percent of their state's

highway funding.

The city of Twin Falls banned texting while driving earlier this year.

That law goes into effect next month. As for Idaho banning texting,

Sen. Transportation Committee Chair John McGee says there is

nothing in writing yet, but he's almost certain there will be a bill

introduced in the coming legislative session.

A new AAA study shows nine out of ten drivers are fearful of those

who are texting while driving. The report says that traffic fatalities in

2009 dropped nearly nine percent, but more than half of the drivers

surveyed say they feel less safe on the road than they did five years

ago.

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