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The Virginia House and Senate have both passed House Bill 1876 which would make it illegal for drivers to send or read text messages while driving. All that remains for the bill to become law is for Governor Tim Kaine to sign it.
Lawmakers responded to popular pressure to pass a law against the use of handheld devices by Virginia drivers. A bill that would have banned cell phone use did not pass, but the text message bill survived.
The bill is supported by research shows that drivers using a cell phone are just as impaired as intoxicated drivers. With the number of accidents caused by distracted drivers on the rise across the country, many states are taking action and trying to make the use of handheld devices illegal.
While the bill bans texting while driving, it does provide an exception for the use of global positioning systems (GPS), reading caller identification information, and using a wireless telecommunications device to report an emergency.
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