THE IOWA HOUSE HAS DRAMATICALLY SCALED BACK A PROPOSAL WHICH WOULD HAVE MADE IT ILLEGAL FOR ANYONE TO READ OR SEND TEXT MESSAGES WHILE DRIVING ON IOWA ROADS. THE HOUSE, INSTEAD, VOTED TO MAKE IT ILLEGAL FOR JUST 16- AND 17-YEAR-OLDS TO SEND TEXT MESSAGES OR PLAY COMPUTER GAMES WHILE THEY'RE DRIVING. REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT RAECKER SAYS HE'S NO FAN OF "DISTRACTED DRIVING" REGARDLESS OF THE DRIVER'S AGE.
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FIFTY-FOUR OF THE 100 HOUSE MEMBERS VOTED FOR THE LESS-RESTRICTIVE TEXTING BAN THAT APPLIES TO TEENS ONLY. REPRESENTATIVE MARY MASCHER WAS AMONG THOSE WHO ARGUED THAT THE BAN SHOULD APPLY TO ADULTS, TOO.
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REPRESENTATIVE MARY GASKILL AGREED THAT THE BAN SHOULD APPLY TO ADULTS AS WELL AS TEENAGERS.
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THE LESS-RESTRICTIVE BILL NOW GOES BACK TO THE SENATE WHICH EARLIER VOTED TO BAN ANY DRIVER -- REGARDLESS OF AGE -- FROM SENDING OR READING TEXT MESSAGES IN A MOVING VEHICLE.
FIFTY-FOUR OF THE 100 HOUSE MEMBERS VOTED FOR THE LESS-RESTRICTIVE TEXTING BAN THAT APPLIES TO TEENS ONLY. REPRESENTATIVE MARY MASCHER WAS AMONG THOSE WHO ARGUED THAT THE BAN SHOULD APPLY TO ADULTS, TOO.
REPRESENTATIVE MARY GASKILL AGREED THAT THE BAN SHOULD APPLY TO ADULTS AS WELL AS TEENAGERS.
THE LESS-RESTRICTIVE BILL NOW GOES BACK TO THE SENATE WHICH EARLIER VOTED TO BAN ANY DRIVER -- REGARDLESS OF AGE -- FROM SENDING OR READING TEXT MESSAGES IN A MOVING VEHICLE.
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