Text messaging and driving is dangerous and now expensive

As legislators to continue the legislative ban on text messaging and push-ride, 19 states have already passed laws to send SMS and driving illegally. Now the pressure is on the states comes from a bill sponsored by Democrat Robert Menendez (New Jersey) and Charles Schumer (NY) Mary Landrieu (A) and Kay Hagan (NC). The SMS while driving law aims to highway money to states to withhold not implementing the ban after two years.

According to the report by the U.S. Department ofTransportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of studies found that drivers using cell phones four times more likely to crash than other non-phone drivers cause.

The Governor's Highway Safety Association provides a chart for all the help we be confused, have imposed on the States, what are the rules as far as driving with cell phones and what are the restrictions and the ban on driving while SMS.

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway SafetyText messaging is banned for all drivers in 14 states now 19 states and the District of Columbia. In addition, novice drivers from SMS in 10 states (Delaware, are Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Oregon, Texas, Virginia and West) and school bus drivers are prohibited from text messages in 1 state (Texas) are prohibited.

What do these state laws and what is the violation for using a mobile phone and SMS in a motor vehicle while driving? While we can teach usour children SMS while driving is against the law, we know as parents, do not necessarily stop this activity. Therefore, as parents, what can we expect when our children are caught with a mobile phone while driving or text message while driving, besides the obvious, a potential fatal crash?

Examples of penalties in some states:

If you are in Cleveland, Ohio motorists caught sending text messages while driving is a $ 100 fine for a first offense face. If they are caughtagain, the penalty goes up to $ 250 and a third offense brings a $ 500 fine.

In Salt Lake City, UT - The Senate Transportation and Public Utilities Technology Committee on Friday unanimously approved SB149, which makes SMS while driving is equivalent to a DUI. After dessert, news articles, the first impetus for the SMS while driving is a Class B or Class A crimes. If a driver who causes injury to SMS is an accident, they can be convicted of a Class AOffenses or crimes of third degree. If a driver who can SMS, an offense is a third degree was the face when she is two SMS convictions within the last 10 years or when an accident during SMS results in death. "

According to NY State Senator Malcolm A. Smith, 16 July, 2009, the Senate went to New York S3619A/Dilan. The penalty for SMS while driving is not to exceed $ 150 for the first offense.

Prevention: Talk to your teenager about SMS andDriving especially now, with 19 states banning the practice. Avoid misunderstandings with your child. Create the crashproof contract and lay ground rules and expectations and know that your teen has a signed agreement setting out clearly.