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Ohio GOP questions need for driver-texting ban
TweetCOLUMBUS (AP) — The president of the Ohio Senate has doubts about whether the state should ban texting while driving, which was the subject of a three-hour Senate hearing.
Republican President Tom Niehaus says he has concerns about whether a statewide ban would be enforceable. He also says “you cannot legislate common sense.”
The Columbus Dispatch reports a Senate committee heard testimony Wednesday from school students, police, the auto club AAA and the father of an accident victim. They all urged lawmakers to outlaw texting behind the wheel.
But Republican committee member Bill Seitz of Cincinnati also questioned whether a ban was necessary. He says he thinks the issue is covered by current law against reckless driving.
The GOP controls the Ohio Legislature. Several Ohio communities already prohibit driver texting.
Comments
Leave it to Republicans to stop something useful. Even if it saves lives. Maybe they will use their last living brain cell and support this ban.
But then we are talking about those that thought they needed a law against smoking in a resturant/bar, what all the business had to do was put up a no smoking sign. And just for the record, I don't smoke, drink or text while driving.
Theproblem with banning it is that it's not going to stop people, it's just going to cause more and worse accidents due to trying to hide the phone while texting.
They make you wear a seatbelt while driving and your eyes are focused on the road but they question if a texting ban is required even though your attention is focused on the key pad and not on the road. How do these idiots get elected.
Texting will become redundant with technological advance . Surely present laws about driving while distracted would cover texting ?