Texting while driving not a crime, but county and state consider making it one
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NORWICH – The Chenango County Safety and Rules Committee has temporarily tabled the possibility of passing a new local law that would make it illegal to text message while driving.
Town of Norwich Supervisor David C. Law appeared at the committee’s March 18 meeting to request Chenango’s lawmakers consider passing a law that would prohibit driving and texting on cell phones or other devices.
Although talking on a cell phone is already a traffic offense in New York State, no law currently exists banning texting on the devices.
“I brought it to the county’s attention to see if we should consider making the law, but after having some discussions we decided to wait and see if the State Assembly soon passes its own. Plus it’d just be one more law that enforcement law has to keep track of,” said Law, adding that enforcement may prove challenging.
At the meeting, Law said two other local counties, Oneida and Onondaga, had passed legislation at the local level banning the practice.
He also said that the state was currently debating passing its own law that would cover all of New York State.
“We’re just waiting to see if it goes through in Albany. It may soon became a state law anyway,” he said.
Advocates for the law claim that operating a vehicle while texting puts a driver at higher risk than driving while intoxicated, explained Law.
“I don’t really think I need to explain why it’s a bad idea. Too bad some people don’t have any common sense. Obviously if you’re reading, typing and driving all at the same time, you aren’t not paying enough attention to the road,” he said.
The issue was tabled indefinitely, but may return pending the state’s decision, which is expected to come in early summer.
NORWICH – The Chenango County Safety and Rules Committee has temporarily tabled the possibility of passing a new local law that would make it illegal to text message while driving.
Town of Norwich Supervisor David C. Law appeared at the committee’s March 18 meeting to request Chenango’s lawmakers consider passing a law that would prohibit driving and texting on cell phones or other devices.
Although talking on a cell phone is already a traffic offense in New York State, no law currently exists banning texting on the devices.
“I brought it to the county’s attention to see if we should consider making the law, but after having some discussions we decided to wait and see if the State Assembly soon passes its own. Plus it’d just be one more law that enforcement law has to keep track of,” said Law, adding that enforcement may prove challenging.
At the meeting, Law said two other local counties, Oneida and Onondaga, had passed legislation at the local level banning the practice.
He also said that the state was currently debating passing its own law that would cover all of New York State.
“We’re just waiting to see if it goes through in Albany. It may soon became a state law anyway,” he said.
Advocates for the law claim that operating a vehicle while texting puts a driver at higher risk than driving while intoxicated, explained Law.
“I don’t really think I need to explain why it’s a bad idea. Too bad some people don’t have any common sense. Obviously if you’re reading, typing and driving all at the same time, you aren’t not paying enough attention to the road,” he said.
The issue was tabled indefinitely, but may return pending the state’s decision, which is expected to come in early summer.
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