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Title: Texting while driving ban starts Wednesday in Alabama Post by: pmull on July 30, 2012, 09:48:01 AM Quote Starting Wednesday in Alabama, car-driving texters, emailers, Facebookers and Twitterers will take on a new handle -- lawbreakers. That's when Alabama becomes the 38th state with a law banning texting and driving. The fines aren't steep -- $25 for a first offense, $50 for a second, and $75 for a third. But coupled with being pulled over by law enforcement, getting two penalty points on your driver's license and a possible auto insurance hike, it is more than inconvenient, said state Rep. Jim McClendon, R-Springville, who pushed the bill signed into law by the governor in May. Entering a phone number and talking on the phone will still be legal. Using a GPS navigation device will be legal but programming it while driving will not. http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/07/texting_while_driving_ban_star.html#incart_hbx Title: Re: Texting while driving ban starts Wednesday in Alabama Post by: KoKoPuf on July 30, 2012, 10:18:48 AM Can I still load an assault rifle while driving?
Title: Re: Texting while driving ban starts Wednesday in Alabama Post by: ricky023 on July 30, 2012, 11:02:32 AM Is talking on the phone while driving still legal? My wife nor I do this but I was wondering that had ever been made a law. Thanks pmull, well done. RTR!
Title: Re: Texting while driving ban starts Wednesday in Alabama Post by: pmull on July 30, 2012, 11:17:49 AM Is talking on the phone while driving still legal? My wife nor I do this but I was wondering that had ever been made a law. Thanks pmull, well done. RTR! Talking on the phone is legal. Quote Entering a phone number and talking on the phone will still be legal. Using a GPS navigation device will be legal but programming it while driving will not. Title: Re: Texting while driving ban starts Wednesday in Alabama Post by: Old Tider on July 30, 2012, 11:46:48 AM Not as dangerous as the time I spilled hot coffee on my lap while driving in Tuscaloosa.
Title: Re: Texting while driving ban starts Wednesday in Alabama Post by: pmull on July 30, 2012, 12:03:08 PM Not as dangerous as the time I spilled hot coffee on my lap while driving in Tuscaloosa. Are you the person that sued McDonalds? Title: Re: Texting while driving ban starts Wednesday in Alabama Post by: Old Tider on July 30, 2012, 06:36:00 PM Not as dangerous as the time I spilled hot coffee on my lap while driving in Tuscaloosa. Are you the person that sued McDonalds? No, I'm the guy eating a Big Mac Meal before heading for Krispy Kreme. Title: Re: Texting while driving ban starts Wednesday in Alabama Post by: rueben on July 30, 2012, 07:19:26 PM I bet it goes over as well as the Loud Music law...
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