Driving While Text Messaging or Emailing May Be Banned in All States
Recent studies have shown that driving while talking on a cell phone can be similarly dangerous to driving while intoxicated from alcohol. Studies also show that it is more dangerous when people drive while sending or reading an email or text message because it takes a driver's eyes and focus off of the road for longer periods of time.
As a result of the fairly recent publicity surrounding the dangers of driving while using an email or text messaging device and the serious accidents and injuries that have been caused, some states have enacted laws banning those activities. Many states have not. However, a few U.S. senators have proposed a bill that would make it against federal law to drive while sending or reading a text message or email. The law would force states to pass their own laws or risk losing federal funding.
