Tag: TEXTINGLAWS

When you think about rides at county fairs, safety probably isn't the first thing to pop into your head. More than likely, you'll think of corn dogs, vomit, and the sheer terror that your chosen ride will fall apart at any second. It shouldn't come as much of a surprise, then, that ride operators at a Chicago-area fair were discovered to be texting instead of monitoring their rides. This month, ...

Proponents of banning text-messaging-while-driving have a new case to use as evidence for their arguments. Last week in Boise, Idaho, an unnamed driver crashed his car while sending a text message. While this may not seem especially noteworthy, the circumstances surrounding the accident certainly qualify. According to police spokesperson Lynn Hightower, the 37-year-old Nampa, Idaho native ...