Texting at a stoplight? N.J. bill would ban it
TRENTON — Hey, you at the stoplight. Yeah you, reading this article on your cell phone. Put down the phone.
State Sen. Richard Codey (D-Essex) is looking to expand the state’s law against talking and text messaging while driving to include drivers who are temporarily stopped in traffic jams, at red lights or stop signs.
Codey proposed the legislation (S3057) last week. It would also require the written driver’s license test to include questions on distracted driving.
“Under the current driving law, if you’re at a red light and you’re drunk, you’re DUI,” Codey said.
The real aim, Codey said, is to put New Jersey in line with federal standards for the Distracted Driving Grant Program, so the state can get federal money to combat distracted driving. Because the state’s current law does not include them, it would not currently be eligible for the grant. (Friedman/Star-Ledger)
Another stupid law from the ‘nanny government’ of the state of New Jerkey.
Nanny government? Maybe if people were not so dumb it would not be needed.
This is an outstanding proposal. People who text at traffic lights fail to see when the light changes, then someone honks, then the texter lurches forward without looking. The phone should not be in the hands when the motor is running. I completely support this.
Its just another tax grab so the cops can write more tickets. Texting while stopped just makes it easier to write a ticket. It is not a safety issue. A good amount of drivers are texting when I see them driving on RT 17. Whats so difficult about enforcing that?
People by and large are not dumb.
It’s people like you who stereotype them as dumb and then use that as justification to support and pass dumb, intrusive (sometimes oppressive) laws.
Texting – talking – ticket