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Ban on texting while driving in Virginia begins
Posted on Jun 26, 2009
If you like to send text messages or email while you’re behind the wheel, pay attention: as of Wednesday July 1st that activity will be illegal in Virginia.
Virginia is about to join thirteen other states and the District of Columbia in banning TWD (“texting while driving”). The new law, along with hundreds of others passed by the Virginia General Assembly months ago, takes effect in a few days.
However, you will have to be pulled over for another reason before you can be cited for texting behind the wheel. That’s because lawmakers have classified TWD as a secondary offense, making it impossible for police officers to pull you over just for sending a text or email.
If caught, offenders can receive a $20 fine or $50 for a second offense. Texting while driving has been a big issue for lawmakers, as various studies have classified this form of distracted driving as being as dangerous as drunk driving.
It has taken several years for the ban to be enacted by the General Assembly, although it was already illegal for teen drivers to text behind the wheel. Officials hope the number of car accidents caused by distracted drivers will be reduced when word spreads about the new law.
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