Local Delegate Reintroduces Cell Phone Ban Legislation
Proposed legislation would make driving while talking a primary offense.
By Amper Larkins, Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS - Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., D-Howard and Baltimore County, does not want you talking on the phone while you drive. Tuesday, he proposed legislation that would make it a primary offense to use a cell phone while driving. If passed, a police officer could pull over a driver just for talking on the phone. Currently, using a hand-held cell phone while driving is a secondary offense, which means the driver must be pulled over for some other offense. “Now is the time. I don't think we can wait any longer,” Malone said, at a press conference in Annapolis. The bill would mirror language from the texting ban that was passed last legislative session. Driving while using a hand-held cell phone…
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Polly
11:14 am on Thursday, January 24, 2013
I for one am in favor of this law but would include texting into the language. Everywhere I go selfish people are yakking or texting visibly way to often. Some times it's has almost been involved in an accident. Just yesterday I witnessed a woman coming off an exit entering 695 just yakking away and just barely averted a collision. I can't tell you how many times I'd love to get out of my car and… more ›