Govenor Josh Shapiro is planning to sign a bill that will ban drivers in Pa. from handling a cellphone while driving in an effort to reduce distracted driving…
Pennsylvania will join the majority of states that ban motorists from handling a cellphone for almost any purpose while driving, as backers of the legislation hope to reduce distracted driving accidents and deaths after nearly two decades of pressing the measure.
The bill passed both chambers of the state Legislature this week and will bring Pennsylvania into alignment with the law on motorists' cellphone use in every one of its neighboring states. Currently, Pennsylvania's restriction on cellphone use while driving applies only to texting.Sen. Rosemary Brown, R-Monroe, had pushed for more than a decade to toughen Pennsylvania's restriction on cellphone use while driving.
“I’ve met too many families that have an empty seat at the dinner table because of distracted driving. I’ve met too many people with injuries that they’re going to live with for the rest of their lives because they were hit by a distracted motorist,” Shapiro told WILK-FM radio in Pittston during an interview last month.
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