First-Ever Driving While Texting Ticket Issued

Geez.....we pay alot less for speeding tickets here in Iowa, sure a ticket for texting - but - wow - $184-$460? Dangerous speeders pay less here..?

Another way for people to exert their power, another way to for the govt. to get $$$$. I'm not saying it's right, but does everything have to be banned? They start here and it will become an escalating trend of bans. There were accidents wayyyyy before cell phones came into play. And do you really think ticketing people will stop them? If that was the case, the speeding ticket would be obsolete.

I think that making texting while driving illegal is a great idea. You should be concentrating on driving, not your phone. Talking on the phone is bad enough, but texting requires both hands and therefore you can't drive properly. I'm only fifteen, but i do know what is right and wrong. And this is on of them.

It's about time! Texting is a distraction while driving and indeed should be outlawed in all states and cities!! Now if we can get the applying makeup while driving and the shaving while driving laws in place too, it can be safer on the roads for all to drive.

Does this mean Britney Spears will be getting a ticket in the mail? Hope so.

Why is a new law required? Has anyone heard of "inattentive driving"???

keep both hands on the wheel... common sense rule 101 =)

I think it is a great idea. In the town I live in last year 2 teenage boys lost their lives while the driver was texting his friend. Sad and preventable.

I think cell phone use while driving should be illegal.I have to ride to work with someone who does this often,bacause I dont have a license,because of a dui.At least when I was DUIing,I tried to concentrate on the damn driving,not what someone was saying on the phone. What in the world did we do without these damn cellphones? How did we survive?.....

I witnessed one in the lane beside me working text. She veered over into my lane and I had to honk my horn to avoid a collsiion. A few seconds later, the light ahead was red and she rear ended a stopped car. I made it a point to stick around and be a witness for the police report.

I'm sick and tired of watching people driving with a cell phone in one hand and a cigarette, or cup of coffee, in the other. Let's follow the lead of ther states and make cell phone use, while driving, illegal!

From the way I see the cars move around on the streets and highways with drivers on cell phones, texting or otherwise, it is hard to tell if it is a drunk driver or a person using a cell phone. One of the reasons most police officers aren't ticketing these people is because they are busy on their own cell phone while driving.

You know, its kinda sad that we even have to make laws that dictate common sense. Texting while driving, especially in heavy traffic, is just plain stupid, and yet here in L.A., I see it all the time. I also see people driving, while juggling the cell phone in one hand, and the Starbucks cup in the other! Jeeze!

I have my cell attached to my sun visor with speaker phone on. When it rings it takes me less time to push one button then turn my wipers on.

How stupid can you get to be t'xing and driveing at the same time,maybe cause a accident or killing some one. Just like women putting on make up and driveing at the same time, there should be a ticket for that too.
The ticket where I live will be near 100 bucks when the law goes into effect on 1 Jan....

When will people get it. You can multi-task, but you can't multi-function. So, please stop talking on cell phones and texting.

Ok, it seems logical to not text while driving. How about eating, drinking, putting on make-up, lighting a cigar/cigarette, surfing the internet, watching a movie, having a screaming kid or multiple screaming kids that are throwing toys, drinks, etc.? If you are going to make a law about cell phones, these other issues need to be addressed as well.

Texting while driving should be a ten thousand dollar fine and 90 days in Guantanimo.

OK Don, and while you're on the phone (hands free I'm sure)where is your attention focussed? I'll bet on the conversation and not the driving.

Well, yes that is not too outrageous. I think people are paying more attention to their phones than the multiple hundred pound cars around them that could kill someone. I have read that some people are like about time. Well as a cell-phone owner I do not see how people are texting while driving anyways.Or how about this, outlaw cell-phones period, then we wouldnt have to worry about bombs being set off on airplanes or rude people who wont give you their order and holding up the line becuase they aer talking on their cell phones. This is a great idea. LETS GET RID OF CELL PHONES. PERIOD. AND THEN THERE WILL BE NOT STUPID LAWS THAT HAVE TO BE INDUCTED TO HELP KEEP PEOPLE SAFE ON THE ROAD AND IN THE AIR!!!!