In New Jersey, columnist Bob Ingle, writing in the Cherry Hill Post-Courier, says that a recent effort to make distracted driving illegal is
more a movement to bring in additional revenue than get tough with what is a serious and often deadly problem.
Ingle supports the law, and cites research in support as well. But if the state really wants to stop distracted driving, he says it should put offenders in jail, not simply fine them.
If texting and hand-held cell talking while driving is the equivalent of driving under the influence, why don’t they make the penalties reflect that?
The database of distracted driving laws at Public Health Law Research provide information about the penalties for various violations across the fifty states.
Paul Statt Communications 