The Obama administration plans to campaign in determination to stop texting while driving. They plan to mock similar past government efforts to discourage drunken driving and encourage the use of seat belts.
The administration planned to offer recommendations Thursday to address the growing safety risk of distracted drivers, especially the use of mobile devices to send messages from behind the wheel.The Transportation Department reported that nearly 6,000 people were killed and a half-million were injured last year in vehicle crashes connected to driver distraction, often by mobile devices and cell phones.
Support has been building in Congress to ban text messaging by drivers.Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said that legislation would require states to ban texting or e-mailing while operating a moving vehicle or lose 25 percent of their annual federal highway funding.
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the District of Columbia have passed laws making texting while driving illegal and seven states and the District have banned driving while talking on a handheld cell phone. Many safety groups have urged a nationwide ban on using handheld mobile devices while behind the wheel.
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