Letter: Bill preventing all from being on the phone or texting while driving is needed

Published: Monday, March 4 2013 12:00 a.m. MST

In this Sept. 20, 2011 file photo, a phone is held in a car in Brunswick, Maine.

Pat Wellenbach, Associated Press

The bill HB103, sponsored by Rep. Lee Perry, would let teens use cell phones for emergencies or to call parents. They should still pull off the road to a safe place before calling. I wrote an article several years ago as my 32-year-old grandson was hit by a young girl calling home to say she would be late. He cannot work, he cannot play with his two sons, he cannot dance or hold his wife and daughter. He lost his job and is a stay-at-home father.

Salt Lake should have one day when the paper has a photo of all those who have been killed or injured by those just calling home. One day it might come into the home of those who think it's safe.

We should have a bill like other states that no one — young or old — can phone or text while driving. Life is taken so quickly.

B.J. Baugh

Murray

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RedShirt

USS Enterprise, UT

We already have laws on the books that cover talking or texting on the phone while driving.

The careless driving laws that we already have on the books covers this issue. Why do we need more laws to cover cell phones?

Per Utah More..

12:15 p.m. March 4, 2013
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one old man

Ogden, UT

Open Minded Mormon, I don't understand your comment.

Last time I checked, the Word of Wisdom did not include cell phones and texting?

12:08 p.m. March 4, 2013
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one old man

Ogden, UT

Thank you, BJ Baugh for an excellent letter.

I find myself wondering if our legislators' aversion to a law like this is because they would have to hang up and drive just like other drivers. Other than claiming they don't like More..

7:55 a.m. March 4, 2013
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