Chicago ban targets texting while driving
On Wednesday, the Chicago City Council passed a proposed ban on texting while driving. The final vote is scheduled for the Oct 8, city council meeting. If approved, the ordinance will take effect later this month.
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White spoke in favor of the ban and said he is pushing a statewide ban on texting while driving. “I believe that when you are texting you have your eyes off the wheel, you’re concerned about your sentence structure, you’re concerned about your spelling and at the same time you have to maintain master of the wheel,” White told the Chicago City Council. “We don’t believe you can do all those things and yet get from point A to point B in a safe and responsible manner.”
The proposal was sponsored by Ald. Edward Burke who also raised the possibility of banning reading or applying eye-make-up while driving
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