The best thing about this law ? Is that after you have been hit and hurt, you can check their phone records and , take them to civil court. The texting and driving should be no different tan drinking and driving.

The problem I see is without the specific language of this bill, the distracted driving law might not hold up in court. Someone could claim that texting isn't distracting for them. How do you prove in a court of law that texting is distracting for the person charged? For instance, the example Mr. Gilreath gave of the woman with the phone, coke, and hamburger. If I were to try that I would be over the mountain before I could swallow the first bite, but this woman obviously could do it and at least stay in the road. This bill would make it much easier to prosecute these cases.

While texting while driving is a distraction, to pass this law wouldn't make a bit of difference in the world. Look at all the distracting behaviors people engage in while driving: eating/drinking, makeup, yelling at unruly kids, getting food for babies and toddlers, radio full blast singing, reading, changing clothes. If you ban one of them, you'd have to ban them all. No-win situation.

Just pass it already -- most people who do it while driving will still do it while driving and most are teenagers and young people that don't have very much driving experience to start with. I actually saw a lady the other day on 11W doing 60 with a Coke in one hand - a hamburger in the other and holding a cellphone with her shoulder.....although I was amazed at the skill it took to accomplish this feat -- I was also afraid she was going to hit me -- so I took a different route to my destination. No doubt something needs to be done.

Good to see Doug Overbey has some commonsense. I'm normally a Jon Lundberg fan, but I think he's just trying to pass a law just to pass it. We already have one on the books. If you want it enforced, go see Col. Walker at the THP and have it be a point of emphasis. Perhaps they could make "distracted driving" a primary offense.

I would LOVE for a bill like this to pass. I know it may seem redundant since drivers are to exercise due care, but just the other day while driving down Stone Dr. at dusk, in the rain, I was nearly run into oncoming traffic not once but twice by the same lady within a very short distance and as I looked at her to honk the horn, she never looked up because she was too busy texting. Then she nearly ran a red light because, she still hadn't looked up. By this time she had driven nearly 2 1/2 miles without ever looking at the road and endangering everyone on the road including myself and my child. I decided it was more dangerous to try to pass an idiot like this, so I angered the cars behind me by slowing down so that I was no where near this catastrophe. I also know of someone who actually takes both hands off the wheel, pushes the gas with their left foot so they can steer with their right knee so their hands can be free to text WITH A CHILD IN THE CAR! These geniuses are going to kill someone some day! Common sense has taken a backseat when it comes to safety. On a positive note, thank you to the drivers I see that pull over on the side of the road to talk or text. You are appreciated.