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As of today, texting while driving is illegal in Virginia -- (link)

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Jul 1 '09, 11:54

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but cell phones are still a-OK (www.wjla.com)

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what about emailing while driving? -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 1, 12:07 4
- email is texting for us old geezers -- nm - not2fast Jul 1, 12:14
- emailing is included with texting. -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 12:12 1
  - what about surfing the web? -- nm - Don Homer Jul 1, 12:15
- a-ok -- nm - Don Homer Jul 1, 12:08
I'm baffled that we even need to make a law about this. should be common sense. -- nm - znufrii Jul 1, 12:01 5
- You would think so, but then we see video on the news of a bus driver on the highway texting and smashing into a car in front of him. -- nm - not2fast Jul 1, 12:19
- Most crime laws should be common sense. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 1, 12:03 1
  - good point. -- nm - znufrii Jul 1, 12:04
- I would say the same think about drunk driving, and yet... -- nm - con_carne Jul 1, 12:02 1
  - Insisting "I'm not drunk!" is a lot different than insisting "I'm not texting!" :) - Beryllium Jul 1, 12:04
and Tennessee! - Callisto Jul 1, 12:00 2
- But running over skunks in rental vans is still legal there. Whew!!!!!! -- nm - Jim Jul 1, 12:01 1
  - But yet it's still illegal to put squirrels down your pants for the purpose of gambling. What a joke. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 1, 12:06
Of course the penalty if a f-ing joke. Should be much stricter, say 500 hours community service or something like that. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 1, 11:59 1
- plus it's a secondary offense. -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 12:00
It's a start. I can't imagine anyone thinking they can drive and text at the same time without a loss of quality to either. - Trish Jul 1, 11:57 1
- yeah, the focus change alone makes it hard to drive. -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 11:58
I still see many people holding their phone while driving in LA. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 1, 11:56 2
- Me too -- nm - con_carne Jul 1, 12:31
- I am terrorized daily by idiots holding a cell phone while driving. -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 11:58

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