North Carolina Bans Texting While Driving
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 | posted by: Julie Magee
North Carolina has become the seventh state to pass a ban in 2009 on texting while driving. So how did Gov. Beverly Perdue get the word out? She had an aide send a text message announcing the governor has signed the ban into law. Using abbreviations common to the text-messaging world, Perdue spokeswoman Chrissy Pearson tapped out a message announcing the signing: “This msg 2 u was composed while I was behind my desk, not behind the wheel. Hope u r not driving now.”
State lawmakers passed the legislation last week but the doesn’t take effect until December 1, 2009. A national highway safety group says North Carolina becomes the 14th state in recent years to bar texting while driving in hopes of curbing driver distraction and accidents.
